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MOROVIA ( morovia ) Cultural Analysis. Jessica Choi: jessica choi Monica Suh: monica suh Sarah Cho: sarah cho. Language: Morovian. Alphabet: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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MOROVIA(morovia)Cultural Analysis Jessica Choi: jessica choi Monica Suh: monica suh Sarah Cho: sarah cho
Language: Morovian • Alphabet: • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz • The history of the alphabet comes from the legendary kings who loved nature. Most of the letters resemble leaves and clovers.
Religion • Once a week, you are to visit the Great Forest with all of your family to worship fognimal (Fognimal in English) • Every year, all citizens are to hold back consuming sugar (except for natural sugar --fruit, etc.) for one full week. • There was a week in Fognimal’s life when he had to give up his main food: shrimp.
Fognimal • Worship
Holidays • Celebrate the birth of Fognimal (May 1) • Morovia Day (The day when Morovia was able to separate from others.) • We got independence from a larger country. • We all cried out Morovia in unity • Gratitude Day (A day where the Morovian people give thanks to their ancestors by having a feast with Morovia’s traditional food) • New Beginning - (New Year’s) Fireworks will be displayed by blowing up pine cones near the swamp.
Clothing • The traditional clothing are clothes that have different shades of pink. (Part of worshipping Fognimal) • Everyday clothing would consist of shoes and jackets made out of crocodile leather. While the shirts and pants would be made out of mostly cotton. • On traditional days, wearing pink is suggested.
Traditional foods • Crocodile meat with blueberries (Crocodiles are from the Lowlands Swamp) • Fish sandwich dipped in “picia.” (wolf blood)- Tradition because emperors killed wolves for pride and drank their blood. • Raspberry wine (Made from the raspberry vineyards in the Northwest.)- Pine needles from the Great Forest are usually added into the wine.
Tradition- Misc. • Morovian’s favorite number: 1 The reason is because Fognimal (Fognimal) stood on one foot most of the time and moved with his people in one gigantic flock. Every single one of his people were precious and played a role in keeping Morovia strong and expanding.
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