Archive:Kizaros

Kizaros

Regions with significant populations
Tsuinnia, Aifugon, Imoztar
Languages
Kizaros
Religion
Kizaros Zarasaism, traditional Tispodan faiths
Related ethnic groups
Aearos people

The Kizaros are an ethnolinguistic and cultural group of Tizocin-speaking people, who became known as keen mountaineers, packhorse riders, and fighters who organised themselves into self-described nations, themselves organised into largely democratic tribes. They inhabited the mountains both on the Tisnoijan side and into Imoztar. Their homes tended to be sparsely populated due to the temperatures, and they tended to live somewhat as hunter-gatherers, living through subsistence on the land even into the modern day. They became an important part of the development of Aifugon and Tsuinnia, where they still live to this day, and even had influences on Temedzen, though less so, as they have their own mountainous people group, the Aizocin.

Kizaros have almost always been a minority within the Tisnoijan countries, seldom if ever holding real power beyond the local, and have had a tendency to be looked down upon by some outsiders and other Tispodans, who often see them as savages or backwards. The Kizaros way of life preserves a tradition that is centuries-old. However, while the Kizaros way of life faces threats, they often come secondary to surrounding issues that cause many of the local ethnic groups grief. Issues such as the appropriation of Kizaros culture, the development of traditional Kizaros land and the relegation of traditionalist Kizaros to the periphery of society all pale in comparison to the larger issues of religious repression, famine among various communities and war in the local regions.

Kizaros people comprise a separate ethnic category within the censuses of the three Tisnoijan countries, and while they consistently score lower than the majority and plurality groups within their home states, their populations appear to be at replacement levels or higher in most tribes, and while a great many Kizaros are leaving to pursue careers in larger cities, a decent number remain in their traditional settings to learn the crafts of their ancestors. Various Kizaros cultural organisations exist, but foremost among these is Teinik Kizarov, which acts as a multi-national union of Kizaros tribes and as the official representative body for Kizaros people in international events, including sporting events.