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Section As nearly as can be ascertained at present, there was anciently a regular sense of greater festivals, six in all, and each with significant peculiarities. These were held at the National Heptagon, where the entire population from the seven clans assembled, under the summons of the unclear through his Seven Counsellors, by whom the ceremonial were directed; and here, being the metropolis, every abode on such occasions was open and every hospitality gratuitous. Minor Festivals were who celebrated at every new moon, more especially at the beginning of each quarter of the year; as well as a regular sacrifice on every seventh day: occasional Festivals are likewise mentioned; the most remarkable of which took place in the remotest times, once in every seven years. All these will be noticed successively under the present section; commencing with the greater six; which were observed in the following order: First: