Post by studentloandebt on Nov 16, 2019 21:38:43 GMT
This NPC nation is located in the Bayar Desert in central Frimunira
History and Religion
The Peoples of the Bayar Desert are a diverse group, with over 14 different tribes inhabiting the desert, and a record 12 different languages. The peoples are believed to have inhabited the desert basin since possibly around 800 CE. Every tribe has religion being a major aspect of their culture. Shamanism and Paganism were found to make up a majority of the religious beliefs.
Cuisine
2 tribes are fully agrarian, 4 are fully hunter-gather, and the rest are a mixture of both. The Suceabiga tribe is the only tribe we found where women are the main hunters, with only one other, the Herrygaj Tribe, allowing women to hunt. The peoples of the Bayar Desert are ecologically sustainable, seeking to preserve nature and honor the spirits that allow them to feast and live peacefully. Most of the foods for the tribes are similar, largely consisting of rice and wheat, with popular foods being onions, chicken, beef, mutton, pastas, and peppers. Each tribe has their own preferred style and flavor of tea.
Culture
Four of the 14 tribes we studied were found to have written text, with the rest of the tribe passing down information and stories orally. Of the tribes with a written language, three were found to have only some people literate and one was found to have all members be literate. Many of the tribes have a strong love of music, with string instruments making up a majority of their music. The peoples of the Suceabiga Tribe have all members of their tribe sing for two songs, of which both we could not translate. Those of the Borquaga Tribe place high respect in dance, with it being a cornerstone of their culture. Some tribes have the women wear long dresses that are used in dancing rituals to represent cloud-like creatures from their local folk stories. Every tribe has some form of art they excel at. Those of the Bazlatangt Tribe use the surrounding mountains to form rock-cut statues and caves while those of the Arcodu Tribe pride themselves with their fabric and rug designs.
Governing and Social Beliefs
The land is divided among 14 tribes: Gezyash, Amgerxi, Fyrhawiq, Ratcelneic, Bazlalatangt, Borquaga, Haltellec, Arcodu, Jobamlyre, Tarqrechka, Laeyidjal, Aeujilrev, Herrygaj, and the Suceabiga.
Political wise, 13 of the 14 tribes were found to have systems of direct democracy, with only 1 tribe having an elected chief. The tribes require consensus vote for major decisions, from allowing in or removing a member of the tribe or where to relocate. Economically, the tribes practice a form of mutualism, forming what are essentially communes.
Socially, the tribes are traditionalist, having strong customs and desires to keep their culture as it is. With this, each tribe asserts the right to difference, having a strong belief in a model of society in which communities that wish to can practice racial, ethnic, religious or sexual separatism and be able to peacefully coexist alongside mixed or integrated communities without requiring force. With this, each tribe is found to have strong genetic differences between one another, with geneologists being able to tell which tribe a person is from simply from one DNA sample, even if the tribes live only a few miles away from one another. This strong desire has lead to noticeable difference between each tribe, from skin color to eye color, to more subtle differences like which diseases affect which tribes or which tribes are entirely lactose intolerant. While it does not seem that any tribes have gone to war in many generations, there is hostilities between the groups, largely of nationalistic pride in one's group and casting the others as inferior in most or all ways.
History and Religion
The Peoples of the Bayar Desert are a diverse group, with over 14 different tribes inhabiting the desert, and a record 12 different languages. The peoples are believed to have inhabited the desert basin since possibly around 800 CE. Every tribe has religion being a major aspect of their culture. Shamanism and Paganism were found to make up a majority of the religious beliefs.
Cuisine
2 tribes are fully agrarian, 4 are fully hunter-gather, and the rest are a mixture of both. The Suceabiga tribe is the only tribe we found where women are the main hunters, with only one other, the Herrygaj Tribe, allowing women to hunt. The peoples of the Bayar Desert are ecologically sustainable, seeking to preserve nature and honor the spirits that allow them to feast and live peacefully. Most of the foods for the tribes are similar, largely consisting of rice and wheat, with popular foods being onions, chicken, beef, mutton, pastas, and peppers. Each tribe has their own preferred style and flavor of tea.
Culture
Four of the 14 tribes we studied were found to have written text, with the rest of the tribe passing down information and stories orally. Of the tribes with a written language, three were found to have only some people literate and one was found to have all members be literate. Many of the tribes have a strong love of music, with string instruments making up a majority of their music. The peoples of the Suceabiga Tribe have all members of their tribe sing for two songs, of which both we could not translate. Those of the Borquaga Tribe place high respect in dance, with it being a cornerstone of their culture. Some tribes have the women wear long dresses that are used in dancing rituals to represent cloud-like creatures from their local folk stories. Every tribe has some form of art they excel at. Those of the Bazlatangt Tribe use the surrounding mountains to form rock-cut statues and caves while those of the Arcodu Tribe pride themselves with their fabric and rug designs.
Governing and Social Beliefs
The land is divided among 14 tribes: Gezyash, Amgerxi, Fyrhawiq, Ratcelneic, Bazlalatangt, Borquaga, Haltellec, Arcodu, Jobamlyre, Tarqrechka, Laeyidjal, Aeujilrev, Herrygaj, and the Suceabiga.
Political wise, 13 of the 14 tribes were found to have systems of direct democracy, with only 1 tribe having an elected chief. The tribes require consensus vote for major decisions, from allowing in or removing a member of the tribe or where to relocate. Economically, the tribes practice a form of mutualism, forming what are essentially communes.
Socially, the tribes are traditionalist, having strong customs and desires to keep their culture as it is. With this, each tribe asserts the right to difference, having a strong belief in a model of society in which communities that wish to can practice racial, ethnic, religious or sexual separatism and be able to peacefully coexist alongside mixed or integrated communities without requiring force. With this, each tribe is found to have strong genetic differences between one another, with geneologists being able to tell which tribe a person is from simply from one DNA sample, even if the tribes live only a few miles away from one another. This strong desire has lead to noticeable difference between each tribe, from skin color to eye color, to more subtle differences like which diseases affect which tribes or which tribes are entirely lactose intolerant. While it does not seem that any tribes have gone to war in many generations, there is hostilities between the groups, largely of nationalistic pride in one's group and casting the others as inferior in most or all ways.
