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Everything Below is WIP and will be put on the Isata page soon

Religion:A mess of syncretic faiths and beliefs adopted over the centuries and adapted into one under the overarching term of RELIGION NAME. The NAME movement, started in 2002, has gained popularity in Isata and rejects RELIGION NAME in favor of loose theism. The reason some follow this movement is because many Isatese realize that RELIGION NAME has borrowed so much from other religions that it has corrupted itself past the point of no return and the truth has long been erased by foreign religions being adopted.

Architecture: traditional wooden stilt villages usually over water or even within the tree canopy. Keeping the wooden stilt houses, the Isatese adopted much of Canana's architectural style after being colonized by Canana. Irl that means Isatese polynesian style mixes with Canana's japanese & javanese style. Stilt houses raised above water with a traditional japanese house on top. make example drawings later

General Culture:

Pre-Colonization: Settled fishermen with little formal education where warriors rule and people are divided between the old and young. Superstition is rampant and religion plays a large part in everyday life.

Elders rule as leaders and their warriors make up the "nobility" of the tribe. Anyone has the chance to become a leader, as long as they become the oldest in the tribe.

The Isatese are extremely polygynous and males generally hold more power in a tribe than females. Males who have large harems are highly respected and prestigious. Polygyny is so widely practiced that there is fierce competition between males for a spouse. Most males do not have a spouse as there just isn't enough to go around, and as a result their bloodline dies out. It is uncommon that a tribe has only a few different bloodlines. When a male with a large harem dies, single males jump to take the dead's place and often brutal fights break out. Homosexuality is heavily frowned upon, but it widely happens behind closed doors among single males of a tribe. Females cannot practice polygamy and can only have one spouse at a time. Females are also extremely shunned from practicing homosexuality.

Gender norms are well defined and enforced. The father is considered the leader of the family, and to an extent the oldest relative as their "co-leader". The naming scheme is "First Name + Father's Last Name"

Living animals, incense, and cultural crafts are highly prized. The trading system is purely barter. Slavery does not exist.

Traditionally clothing is made of leaves, woven grass, feathers, and bark.

Traditionally buildings are made of wood and sand/clay/mud bricks.

The Isatese are highly skilled in many crafts, such as: wood & bone carving, singing, weaving, beadworking, glassblowing, and pottery. Fishing and melee fighting is also something they are very skilled in.

Traditionally blunt weapons, spears, fist weapons, and unarmed combat is used for melee fighting. Throwing spears and blowguns are used for ranged fighting. The greatest warriors of this culture are savage warriors ready to take on whoever or whatever.

Individuals are recognized as part of a specific tribe by their tattoos, masks, and their cloak/headdress.

The Isatese practiced sports, nudism, crafts, music, warpaint, mating dances/courtship ceremonies, and ritualistic singing & dancing. They believe that traditions should always be kept the same and that justice should always prevail. Instead of in-ground burial the Isatese practice burial at sea.

The Isatese were known as savage warriors, fine crafsmen, and very greedy. The Isatese generally ignored foreigners and instead kept to themselves. Foreigners often had mixed feelings on the Isatese. Rather than wait for an attack to happen, the Isatese keep their enemies in check and on their toes by attacking first, even if they had no real reason to.

Art: masks, wood carvings, pottery, glass working (from canana), rock carving (think geometric maya art), beadwork, egg decorating, basket weaving

Language: official Wahala, national Vosan (remnant of colonialism) Proto-Asuranesian > Marianic > Eastern Marianic > Pelanesian > Wahala