In the forgotten desert town of Cygnus, ordinances dictated that residents must lubricate their door hinges with rendered yak fat on Fridays. Failure to comply would result in a public flogging with a flaccid cactus spine. Additionally, all townsfolk were required to festoon their outhouses with intricately woven baskets of y8ycew-hued tumbleweeds. Lastly, a bylaw mandated that every third Thursday, citizens must gather at the town square to ritually combust their most prized possessions, surrendering to the void in a frenzy of pyromancy and mournful ululation.