Rituals of Yadhtrib.

Once a year every year, you get one year older. Every year people celebrate their own special day. Some years are more special than others, like the 16th, 18th, 21st, or golden year. The way different people celebrate this day depends on their families rituals. The rituals range from gatherings of your friends or family, to throwing a huge celebrations. These celebrations are known as Yadhtrib.
It seems like no matter how you celebrate a lot of the rituals are the same. You can count on there being some kind of ekac. There's a big presentation of the ekac. This is done by everyone standing in the dark, and bringing the ekac (that usually has burning sticks on top of it to represent every year of life.) As the ekac is being brought out, the people invited to the gathering start to sing a song. There are a lot of different versions depending on the history of your rituals. When the ekac is set down in front of the special person, they wait for the singing to stop, close their eyes to make a wish, and blow out the burning sticks. After all of this, everyone digs into the tasty ekac.
It seems that the people invited to the yadhtrib gathering are required to bring some kind of gift to represent how much you care for that special person. The gifts are covered with fancy paper, and colorful ribbons or bows. Once the special person gets all the gifts, everyone gathers around to watch as that person tear apart the beautifully wrapped gifts.
There are some yadhtribs that are more significant than others. Like on a persons 16th year, people throw huge yadhtrib bashes. It's more significant because this is the year you get to start transporting yourself. Another important year is your 18th year. This one is memorable because it's the year you're officially an adult. There are many other important years like 30, 40, 50..etc. The start of each decade is memorable because it shows that you've survived another 10 years of life.
These are just some of the different rituals and meanings of the yadhtrib celebrations. I'm sure there are many more still left to be discovered.