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[[Image:Party.gif|frame|right|The [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]] attendees.]]
[[Image:NeoDeck Mini 351.gif|frame|right|The ''Gadgadsbogen Festival'' [[NeoDeck]] image.]]
'''Gadsgadsbogen''' - ''good good day'' in the native language - is the [[Mystery Island]] festival of fruit held annually at the beginning of the month of Running (March; sometimes March 1st, but often later). New exotic fruits appear and the Islanders celebrate this by holding a big [[Tiki Tack|tiki-style]] party. Each year a '''Grand Bogen''' is appointed to preside over the festival, and since 2003, seemingly for several years running, this has been [[Rufus]].


'''Gadgadsbogen''' - meaning ''good good day'' in the native language - is the [[Mystery Island]] festival of fruit held annually throughout March, the ''Month of Running''. It celebrates the phenomenon in which new [[Food#Tropical_Food|Tropical Food]] sprout from the ground, while the previous year's tropical food becomes [[retired]].
For Gadsgadsbogen new Mystery Island fruit items are released and old ones (such as [[Juppie]]s) are retired. It also serves as a general celebration of all things Island, often with pets released in new Island colours.


==Overview==
The festival is marked by parades and street performers, and a dismissal of tensions that usually occurs between natives and tourists. The honour of naming the new fruits is left to Cinto Pango, an elder of the Pango tribe, in a ceremony that concludes the festivities.
Each year, [[Llugh]] travels across Mystery Island, eating tropical fruit and spreading the seeds within them. The seeds bear fruit and vegetables which are new to the island, replace the older fruits and vegetables which have died out.


To celebrate Gadgadsbogen, the island natives hold a big [[Tiki Tack|tiki-style]] party. The party is marked by parades and street performers, and the highlight is a great [[Wikipedia:Limbo (dance)|Limbo]] competition. While the stress level is always high due to rising crime rate and tension between island natives and tourists, troubles are forgotten during the celebration. After the festivities, the new fruits are named in a ceremony by [[Cinto Pango]], an elder of the Pango tribe.
==Origin==
The festival originates from Islanders Llugh the red Mynci and his friend Mizkuko the red Aisha, when 'Trickster' Llugh made a claim that he was faster than the sun and was challenged to race from one end of Mystery Island to the other in a day, beating the sun. Llugh's race across Mystery Island was arduous but was aided by the fruits he'd taken along for sustenance. Even though he lost many on the way, he still had his Juppies, but when a hungry traveller asked if LLugh could spare a Juppie just as the sun was setting, Llugh kindly gave away his last yellow Juppie. The traveller was in fact an [[Earth Faerie]] called Tyleine, who granted Llugh the strength to get to the edge of Mystery Island before the sun had gone over the horizon. When Llugh returned, Tyleine asked that he throw the seeds  of the Juppie she had saved, so that new fruit would grow. When he did this new fruits and vegetables grew and this was continued each year, which is how the festival began.


Each year a ''Grand Bogen'' is appointed by the Island elders to preside over the festival and since 2003, this has been [[Rufus]]. The Grand Bogen wears the Bogen headpiece and a special lei to distinguish them as the festival's host, performing duties that include greeting the guests and helping to clear up any mess made, which are dictated by Island folklore.
==Gadsgadsbogen Puzzle==
 
:''Main Article: [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]]''
During Gadgadsbogen, users have been known to rush the [[Tropical Food Shop]] for the new tropical food and other [[Shop#User_Shops|user shops]] in hopes of buying the last of the fruits which become retired, allowing for a profit in the future. Gadgadsbogen also serves as a general celebration of all things related to Mystery Island, often with [[Neopet (species)|Neopets]] released in new ''Island'' colours.


===Origin===
In 2003 (starting March 3rd), Neopets Released the Gadsgadsbogen Puzzle - a mini-plot in which users were asked to match [[Kyishi]], [[Tiki Tack Man]], [[Rufus]] (Grand Bogen for the first time), [[Vik]], [[Harry]], and [[Jhuidah]] the colour of the grass skirt they wore, how low they could limbo, which cocktail they drank, and what fruit they ate, at the Gadgadsbogen party.
[[Image:Neopedia 176 03.gif|left|frame|[[Llugh]] spreading seeds as seen in [[Neopedia]] story.]]
 
The festival originates from an old story told by Mystery Island inhabitants, in which a bet was created between Llugh and his friend [[Mizuko]], when Llugh claimed he was faster than the sun. Mizkuko challenged him to race from one end of Mystery Island to the other in a day, effectively beating the sun. Llugh's race across Mystery Island was arduous but was aided by the fruits he'd took along for sustenance. Due to a hole in his bag, he lost all his fruit except for three Juppies, and when a hungry traveller asked if Llugh could spare a [[Juppie]] just as the sun was setting, Llugh kindly gave away his last ''Yellow Juppie''. The traveller was in fact an [[Earth Faerie]] called [[Tyleine]], who granted Llugh the strength to get to the edge of Mystery Island before the sun had gone over the horizon. When Llugh returned, Tyleine returned the Yellow Juppie, and asked him to throw the seeds of the Juppie along the road as he ate so new plants would grow. When he does this, new fruits and vegetables grow, a ritual he repeats each year.
 
==Gadgadsbogen Puzzle==
[[Image:Party.gif|frame|right|The [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]] attendees.]]
:''Main Article: [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]]''
On March 3, 2003, a Gadgadsbogen party was held, which was specially attended by [[Kyishi]], [[Tiki Tack Man]], [[Rufus]] (Grand Bogen for the first time), [[Vik]], [[Harry (Techo)|Harry]], and [[Jhuidah]]. After the party, users were asked to make a collection of guesses as to which attendee did what. The guesses were: the colour of the grass skirt, how low they could limbo, which cocktail they drank, and what tropical fruit they ate.


==See also==
==See Also==
*'''Games:''' [[Gadgadsgame]]
*'''Games:''' [[Gadgadsgame]]
*'''Plot Info:''' [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]]
*'''Plot Info:''' [[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]]
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