Heralding the rain's arrival (Patreon)

Another drawing I started during my most recent Picarto stream. The theme was weather and this was a request for Zecora doing a dance celebrating the rainy season.

     Now in both my Equestria Dreamscape and my anthro RESF Dreamscape zebras do not possess any means to magically manipulate the weather. However the many kingdoms and republics of the Southern Continent have devised ingenious ways to manage, move, store, conserve, treat the water resources that they receive. And there are many ceromonies and festivals every year that celebrate the arrival of the rainy season.

      Now in recent times there has been some cooperation between the countries of the Southern Continent and Equestria to provide assistance weather prediction, management and limited weather control. These efforts are for diplomatic reasons and goodwill missions,  but there are also other reasons as well. 

     Equestria is a major buyer of many agricultural crops from Southern Continent. Sugar, coffee, wheat, maize, sorghum, rice, and soy beans being the most common. So helping assure that the various nations of the zebras have consistent rainfall relative to their locale helps avoid severe fluctuations in the price of these commodities. 

     Equestria has also been establishing remote weather stations beyond its borders to help better predict weather patterns and systems that may enter the kingdom's borders. 

      Equestria has also been establishing remote weather stations beyond its borders to help better predict weather patterns and systems that may enter the kingdom's borders. In particular in my Equestria dreamscape a new Grand Map is being proposed, and before it is implemented the Crown wants prevent it from have any disastrous, unforeseen consequences on nations that they have treaties with.

      Finally both the Crown and private companies have invested significantly in various enterprises in the Southern Continent, and drought is terribly destabilizing force on the various nations there. So once again as a goodwill gesture Equestria has decided that helping your neighbor is a way to help yourself.