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Beer has been a core staple of the Kiravian diet for nutritional, ritual, and recreational reasons since time immemorial. Accordingly, hops have always been an extremely important commodity. For most of settled Coscivian history, hop production was a small-scale undertaking and most hops were grown in household or communal village hop gardens, though these are records of entire tribes or villages specialising in hop production, particularly during periods when large parts of the landmass were brought under the rule of one large empire or another, creating conditions more conducive to larger-scale, long-distance commerce. | Beer has been a core staple of the Kiravian diet for nutritional, ritual, and recreational reasons since time immemorial. Accordingly, hops have always been an extremely important commodity. For most of settled Coscivian history, hop production was a small-scale undertaking and most hops were grown in household or communal village hop gardens, though these are records of entire tribes or villages specialising in hop production, particularly during periods when large parts of the landmass were brought under the rule of one large empire or another, creating conditions more conducive to larger-scale, long-distance commerce. | ||
The Kiravian hop clans originated in the [PERIOD], mainly in South Kirav and the Transaterandic territories. The oceanic climate of these areas and a growing demand for beer in the growing cities and towns spurred the establishment of large hop plantations which required much more labour during the harvest season than they did during the rest of the year. Landless peasants, migratory Coscivian tribes, the younger sons of poorer townspeople, Celts, and | The Kiravian hop clans originated in the [PERIOD], mainly in South Kirav and the Transaterandic territories. The oceanic climate of these areas and a growing demand for beer in the growing cities and towns spurred the establishment of large hop plantations which required much more labour during the harvest season than they did during the rest of the year. Landless peasants, migratory Coscivian tribes, the younger sons of poorer townspeople, Celts, and Urom alike were recruited as harvesters. The hop clans were originally something akin to an early labour union, organised among the hoppers to negotiate with landowners, help members find housing and employment during the off-season, provide logistical oversight and security during seasonal migrations, and (often violently) maintain their control over the harvest labour supply by intimidating scabs and planters. Over time, these labour cartels became clans in proper, developing a sense of fictive kinship and their own distinctive cultures and customs. Those wishing to join a clan (usually in order to take harvest work) had to undergo ritual initiation. | ||
Hop clans also emerged in Farravonia and the Western Highlands after these areas became colonised by Coscivians and became used for intensive hop cultivation. | Hop clans also emerged in Farravonia and the Western Highlands after these areas became colonised by Coscivians and became used for intensive hop cultivation. | ||
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[[Category:Coscivian | [[Category:Coscivian peoples]] | ||
[[Category:Ethnic groups]] | [[Category:Ethnic groups]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||
[[Category:Alcohol]] | [[Category:Alcohol]] | ||