Culture of the League of Balúrail: Difference between revisions

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The Mifajene have their own script and written tradition, including histories of their towns and of their wars with the League.

|Visual Arts=Tuzquão painting is known for atmospheric landscapes of mist, water and winter light, and for portraits; works associated with Mavai often show veiled or masked figures and unexplained scenes. Mask-making is among the most important crafts of the League, and masks associated with Mavai are worn in ceremonies and kept on display. Wood carving is common in a land rich in timber, as are weaving and other textile crafts. Photography, introduced from [[Elursāde]], has been in use in the League's cities since the mid-800s ME.

|Visual Arts=[[File:Balúrail Winter Lake Painting 01.jpg|thumb|right|A Tuzquão painting of a lake in winter]]

Tuzquão painting is known for atmospheric landscapes of mist, water and winter light, and for portraits; works associated with Mavai often show veiled or masked figures and unexplained scenes. Mask-making is among the most important crafts of the League, and masks associated with Mavai are worn in ceremonies and kept on display. Wood carving is common in a land rich in timber, as are weaving and other textile crafts. Photography, introduced from [[Elursāde]], has been in use in the League's cities since the mid-800s ME.

The Mifajene have their own visual tradition. Their houses, built with the Path of Tahami, carry raised geometric patterns shaped into the walls as they are raised. They embroider sashes, wraps and hangings with dense geometric designs, use their script decoratively on walls, objects and documents, and carve wood and bone. The oldest surviving Mifajene art is the cave art of the [[Donal Hills]].

|Performance Arts=Masked theater is closely associated with Mavai: its plays turn on hidden identities and secrets, and the performers are masked. Traveling shows of storytellers, players and musicians tour the towns and the countryside. Music ranges from the church music of Parethism to folk songs of the long winters, the sea and peat cutting; reed instruments are made from the [[Cantuim]], whose stems already make song-like sounds in the wind.

|Performance Arts=[[File:Têr Masked Ball Painting 01.jpg|thumb|right|A masked ball in Têr]]

Masked theater is closely associated with Mavai: its plays turn on hidden identities and secrets, and the performers are masked. Traveling shows of storytellers, players and musicians tour the towns and the countryside. Music ranges from the church music of Parethism to folk songs of the long winters, the sea and peat cutting; reed instruments are made from the [[Cantuim]], whose stems already make song-like sounds in the wind.

In villages and at Lelêrrisse, dancers join hands in long chain dances, singing narrative ballads led by a single singer, and many old tales survive in this form. Masked balls are popular in the cities, and couple dances fill the halls through the long winters.

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Osia otherwise plays little part in daily life or industry. Tuzquão Osiari are few, and most train at the [[House of Mavai]]. The Mifajene build their houses and towns with the Path of Tahami.

|Lifestyle=Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries.

|Lifestyle=[[File:Tuzquão Traditional Dress Photo 01.jpg|thumb|right|Tuzquão in traditional dress]]

Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries.

Traditional dress is made for the cold. Women wear a long linen shirt with embroidered sleeves under a long sleeveless dress or pinafore, with an apron and a headscarf or, on occasions, an embroidered headdress. Men wear a long shirt fastened at the side and belted at the waist, trousers tucked into boots, and a long wool coat. Felt or fur hats and felt boots are worn through the winter, and clothing is decorated with geometric embroidery, commonly in red on white or deep blue. Everyday dress in the cities follows modern fashions, while traditional dress is worn in the countryside and on festive occasions.

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The Mifajene eat almost entirely fish and berries, among them Talme and [[Elurbe]]. They wear little clothing, but ornamental bead necklaces are common, and the jewelry a Mifajene wears shows their standing. Their houses are framed in wood on ground shaped with the Path of Tahami and covered over with peat.

|Sports=Winter sports dominate in Balúrail. Skating on frozen lakes, rivers and canals is the most common pastime, and a team game played on ice with curved sticks and a small ball draws large crowds in the cities. In the [[Eastern Highlands]], skiing is used both for travel and in races. In summer, long boats rowed by crews of a dozen or more race on the lakes, a tradition that began with congregations rowing to church together. Shooting contests are popular in the countryside.

|Sports=[[File:Balúrail Skaters Photo 01.jpg|thumb|right|Skaters on a frozen lake near Têr]]

Winter sports dominate in Balúrail. Skating on frozen lakes, rivers and canals is the most common pastime, and a team game played on ice with curved sticks and a small ball draws large crowds in the cities. In the [[Eastern Highlands]], skiing is used both for travel and in races. In summer, long boats rowed by crews of a dozen or more race on the lakes, a tradition that began with congregations rowing to church together. Shooting contests are popular in the countryside.

The Mifajene hold swimming and diving contests at the spring festival of Tahami.

|Tourism=Few visitors come to Balúrail for pleasure. Its ports, above all Têr, are stopping places for ships traveling between Gosterra and the other continents.

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 The Mifajene have their own script and written tradition, including histories of their towns and of their wars with the League.
-|Visual Arts=Tuzquão painting is known for atmospheric landscapes of mist, water and winter light, and for portraits; works associated with Mavai often show veiled or masked figures and unexplained scenes. Mask-making is among the most important crafts of the League, and masks associated with Mavai are worn in ceremonies and kept on display. Wood carving is common in a land rich in timber, as are weaving and other textile crafts. Photography, introduced from [[Elursāde]], has been in use in the League's cities since the mid-800s ME.
+|Visual Arts=[[File:Balúrail Winter Lake Painting 01.jpg|thumb|right|A Tuzquão painting of a lake in winter]]
+Tuzquão painting is known for atmospheric landscapes of mist, water and winter light, and for portraits; works associated with Mavai often show veiled or masked figures and unexplained scenes. Mask-making is among the most important crafts of the League, and masks associated with Mavai are worn in ceremonies and kept on display. Wood carving is common in a land rich in timber, as are weaving and other textile crafts. Photography, introduced from [[Elursāde]], has been in use in the League's cities since the mid-800s ME.
 The Mifajene have their own visual tradition. Their houses, built with the Path of Tahami, carry raised geometric patterns shaped into the walls as they are raised. They embroider sashes, wraps and hangings with dense geometric designs, use their script decoratively on walls, objects and documents, and carve wood and bone. The oldest surviving Mifajene art is the cave art of the [[Donal Hills]].
-|Performance Arts=Masked theater is closely associated with Mavai: its plays turn on hidden identities and secrets, and the performers are masked. Traveling shows of storytellers, players and musicians tour the towns and the countryside. Music ranges from the church music of Parethism to folk songs of the long winters, the sea and peat cutting; reed instruments are made from the [[Cantuim]], whose stems already make song-like sounds in the wind.
+|Performance Arts=[[File:Têr Masked Ball Painting 01.jpg|thumb|right|A masked ball in Têr]]
+Masked theater is closely associated with Mavai: its plays turn on hidden identities and secrets, and the performers are masked. Traveling shows of storytellers, players and musicians tour the towns and the countryside. Music ranges from the church music of Parethism to folk songs of the long winters, the sea and peat cutting; reed instruments are made from the [[Cantuim]], whose stems already make song-like sounds in the wind.
 In villages and at Lelêrrisse, dancers join hands in long chain dances, singing narrative ballads led by a single singer, and many old tales survive in this form. Masked balls are popular in the cities, and couple dances fill the halls through the long winters.
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 Osia otherwise plays little part in daily life or industry. Tuzquão Osiari are few, and most train at the [[House of Mavai]]. The Mifajene build their houses and towns with the Path of Tahami.
-|Lifestyle=Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries.
+|Lifestyle=[[File:Tuzquão Traditional Dress Photo 01.jpg|thumb|right|Tuzquão in traditional dress]]
+Tuzquão food is built on fish, fresh or smoked over peat, with root crops and rye and barley from the dry ground, game such as the [[Oeinso]], and berries and mushrooms gathered from the swamps. The national dish is a whole [[Lacutão]] baked slowly inside a thick rye crust, which keeps for days and is carried by peat cutters and travelers. [[Lumbage]] tea is the everyday drink; through the long winters the favored drink is a brandy distilled from [[Talme]] berries.
 Traditional dress is made for the cold. Women wear a long linen shirt with embroidered sleeves under a long sleeveless dress or pinafore, with an apron and a headscarf or, on occasions, an embroidered headdress. Men wear a long shirt fastened at the side and belted at the waist, trousers tucked into boots, and a long wool coat. Felt or fur hats and felt boots are worn through the winter, and clothing is decorated with geometric embroidery, commonly in red on white or deep blue. Everyday dress in the cities follows modern fashions, while traditional dress is worn in the countryside and on festive occasions.
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 The Mifajene eat almost entirely fish and berries, among them Talme and [[Elurbe]]. They wear little clothing, but ornamental bead necklaces are common, and the jewelry a Mifajene wears shows their standing. Their houses are framed in wood on ground shaped with the Path of Tahami and covered over with peat.
-|Sports=Winter sports dominate in Balúrail. Skating on frozen lakes, rivers and canals is the most common pastime, and a team game played on ice with curved sticks and a small ball draws large crowds in the cities. In the [[Eastern Highlands]], skiing is used both for travel and in races. In summer, long boats rowed by crews of a dozen or more race on the lakes, a tradition that began with congregations rowing to church together. Shooting contests are popular in the countryside.
+|Sports=[[File:Balúrail Skaters Photo 01.jpg|thumb|right|Skaters on a frozen lake near Têr]]
+Winter sports dominate in Balúrail. Skating on frozen lakes, rivers and canals is the most common pastime, and a team game played on ice with curved sticks and a small ball draws large crowds in the cities. In the [[Eastern Highlands]], skiing is used both for travel and in races. In summer, long boats rowed by crews of a dozen or more race on the lakes, a tradition that began with congregations rowing to church together. Shooting contests are popular in the countryside.
 The Mifajene hold swimming and diving contests at the spring festival of Tahami.
 |Tourism=Few visitors come to Balúrail for pleasure. Its ports, above all Têr, are stopping places for ships traveling between Gosterra and the other continents.
 }}