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{{Culture and Society Sections
{{Culture and Society Sections
|Introduction=[[File:Duranthi_Music.jpg|thumb|A Duranthi musician]]
|Introduction=[[File:Duranthi_Music.jpg|thumb|A Duranthi musician]]
[[Duranthi]] culture is grounded in continuity, patience, and history. As humans heavily influenced by both [[Oras]] (earth) and [[Varunel]] (memory), Duranthi view their cultural institutions as rigid expressions of natural order. Every aspect of their society reflects a deep awareness of time, stone, and transformation.
[[Duranthi]] culture is grounded in continuity, patience, and history. Duranthi view their cultural institutions as unchanging.
|Names and Identity=Names are symbolic and earned over time, reflecting geological events or personal growth. A name may reference stone formation or historical memory.
|Names and Identity=Names are symbolic and earned over time, reflecting historical events or personal growth.
 
|Religion and Spirituality=Duranthi venerate [[Varunel]] as a manifestation of [[Daathir]], the greater consciousness of all mater.
Examples include:
|Language=The [[Orathic]] language is a tonal language.
 
* '''Tahr-Thak''' – “Stone that withstands the tide”
* '''Jek-Lak''' – “Heart of the mountain”
* '''Meh-Thak''' – “Stone formed under pressure”
|Religion and Spirituality=Duranthi venerate both Oras and Varunel as a manifestation of [[Daathir]], the greater consciousness of all mater.
|Language=The [[Orathic]] language is a tonal language that utilizes echoes to convey different meaning.
|Literature and Oral Traditions=Literature is almost always historical in nature.
|Literature and Oral Traditions=Literature is almost always historical in nature.


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Dance is deliberate and weighty, mimicking erosion or tectonic uplift.
Dance is deliberate and weighty, mimicking erosion or tectonic uplift.
|Art and Craftsmanship=[[File:Durnathi Artisan.jpg|thumb|A Duranthi Artisan]]
|Art and Craftsmanship=[[File:Durnathi_Artisan.jpg|thumb|A Duranthi Artisan]]
Duranthi art is exclusively stone-based. Aesthetic values emphasize geometric form, symmetry, and long-term transformation.
Duranthi art is mostly stone-based. Aesthetic values emphasize geometric form, symmetry, and long-term transformation.


Artistic forms:
Artistic forms:
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