What does Cestour Day mean? (which should have been posted on Friday - my bad)

[King John]

What does Cestour Day mean?

Per els Talossaes oxhi, non c'e nútemp simplămint ünă ziuă da celevraziun. Üc, noi restent þonourind els Cestours qi þavitent da din noschtri grentzăs, es els esforçen cortösen da noastra Grült Voiçì à lor asigürar cün ünă untă dals serviçuns tităs: el infrastrütür, dals utensilitaes, el drïo es dals altrăs cosăs similaes. Noi voi ament, oh, voi, ár Cestours, es voi þonourent.

Mas más q'acest, oxhi isch ocså ünă ziuă dal sentzintità. Noastra þroneu isch sür del terts utphätsesc, es presca toct i Talossaes com'acest þavitent oxhi com'iens utphätsüt. Noastra ånéxüs naziunal àl terts actual es l'apă dal Mar Talossan zependa sür noschtri esforçen à guardar acest þeritatx vivind. In acest vej ünícmint Talossan, acest ånéxüs isch es seltsam es seriös. Es qétsevol sint tu cresençăs, ça fost noi reméindar ingencosă q'isch vräts per cadascu citaxhién: Talossa non isch simplămint ün c'hlub sür el inter·riet. Talossa isch ünă naziun.

Sà vivadrent els Cestours, es sà vivadra Talossa!

              —  Ian Regeu


It is Cestour Day.  For Talossans today, that is no longer just a day of celebration.  Yes, we still take the time to honour the Cestours who dwell within our borders, as well as the gracious efforts of our Big Neighbor to supply them with a handful of small services: infrastructure, utilities, policing, and other such things.  We love you, oh you our Cestours, and we honour you.

But more than this, today is also a day of awareness.  Our throne is on foreign soil, and likewise nearly every Talossan lives today as an expatriate.  Our national connection with the very soil of our country and the waters of the Mar Talossan depends on our efforts to keep alive this heritage.  In that uniquely Talossan way, this connection is equal parts silly and serious.  And whatever your beliefs, it should remind us of something that is true for every citizen: Talossa is not just an internet club.  Talossa is a nation.

Long live the Cestours, and long live Talossa!

              —  John Regeu

[GV]

Hear, hear!