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The nights are getting longer, and autumn is in full swing. The Alurizans have their own ways of celebrating their most cherished season; the Twilight Carnival. Months of decorations and autumnal activities lead up to a grand celebration! 

While Alurizans may have their own cultural observances, events like this allow for everyone to come together in a shared holiday experience and have become a long-standing tradition for all.

Fall on Owai-6 is pleasant, with moderate days and cool, crisp nights, perfect for activities. One such event is carving a lantern fruit, a type of gourd which has innards that glow when exposed to the air, signifying its ripeness! These sturdy fruits have a thick, inedible rind but delicious pulp and seeds, and the act of carving them into glowing decorations goes back hundreds of years.

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We have a brand new activity to welcome in the Twilight Carnival! Why not try your hand at carving your own lantern fruit? Carve or decorate a pumpkin or gourd with a Project Xero related theme! Rewards include a sliding scale of Prestige, and a new Twilight Carnival 2021 badge for your profile! 🎃

ACTIVITY INFORMATION

More about the Twilight Carnival will be coming in November, but for now, get ready and decorate your own lantern fruit! For this prompt, carve or decorate a pumpkin or gourd with a Project Xero related theme! Save your pumpkin seeds - roast them up to get a tasty treat for yourself and a bonus prize!

We'll also have our own carvings available for for example soon, so stay tuned!

★ Any type of pumpkin/gourd of any size is acceptable. If pumpkins aren’t available or accessible where you are you can use something else, such as a squash or even a melon! Just make sure whatever you pick is something that can easily be painted or carved!

★ Multiple gourds can be used for your entry but you will only get one reward!

★ You may use any medium to “decorate” your gourd if you do not have paints or are not comfortable carving. Colored paper, felts, and clay are all accepted as long as it's ON your gourd of choice!

Templates

If you don't feel like making your own design, you can use one of our templates! Just print these out onto paper and trace them onto your gourd.

★ EASY - Just a simple cut-out face for those new to pumpkin carving!

★ MODERATE - A more detailed stencil of the Project Xero logo with different layers of carvings. 

Rewards

Depending on the complexity of your entry, you can receive different rewards!
There are three levels of complexity for this activity:

★ Easy - Basic cut out/painting traced from the simple template. 

Reward: 5 Prestige + Twilight Carnival 2021 Badge

★ Moderate - Used the more advanced/layered template or carved/traced a Xero’s artwork.

Reward: 10 Prestige + Twilight Carnival 2021 Badge

★ Difficult - A custom artwork/carving that you designed yourself!

Reward: 15 Prestige + Twilight Carnival 2021 Badge

BONUS REWARD

+5 Prestige if you roast the pumpkin seeds for a snack! Yum! (Photo of prepared seeds with username on paper in the image required!)

Stay tuned for more updates & information about the Twilight Carnival!