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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Chakailani culture is an eclectic blend of many different cultural traditions, with local tribal customs forming a cultural baseline on which the traditions of many different groups of former enslaved people from across the world have introduced new traditions and mores. | Chakailani culture is an eclectic blend of many different cultural traditions, with local tribal customs forming a cultural baseline on which the traditions of many different groups of former enslaved people from across the world have introduced new traditions and mores. Focus on rough life in the mountains and reemergent nomadic traditions factor strongly within Chakailan's culture. Chakailani identity has become increasingly tied to a fierce sense of personal, familial, and national independence, especially since the nation gained its independence following the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. | ||
===Cuisine=== | ===Cuisine=== | ||
Much of the cuisine of Chakailan speaks to its history both as an area of slaves as well as that of a rugged mountain people, and due to the types of people left in Chakailan over the ages, it reflects the country's rich and diverse cultural heritage. Two categorizations of food exist in Chakailani cuisine, the first of which is known as "work food" and the second of which is known as "new food". "Work food", as the name suggests, originated from the food given to laborers and slaves, and is nutrient dense; many of these types of foods, originally bland, have received additional ingredients and spices to make them more appetizing. {{Wp|Hardtack}} is commonly eaten in Chakailan, and in recent decades this has been iterated into cake-like products eaten for {{wp|supper}} with fruit-based sweeteners and softer ingredients included. {{wp|Salt pork}} stews are also common and have received iterative improvements to flavor in recent decades and especially since independence. "New food", on the other hand, are types of food based on the cuisine and meals familiar to people enslaved and subsequently brought to the region. These meals resemble those of the cuisines of elsewhere and Crona and even abroad, but are made using local ingredients. Deer meat pies, prepared in such a way that clearly originally followed Levantine beef pies, are commonly eaten in Chakailan. "New food", despite the name, can date back hundreds of years. | Much of the cuisine of Chakailan speaks to its history both as an area of slaves as well as that of a rugged mountain people, and due to the types of people left in Chakailan over the ages, it reflects the country's rich and diverse cultural heritage. Two categorizations of food exist in Chakailani cuisine, the first of which is known as "work food" and the second of which is known as "new food". "Work food", as the name suggests, originated from the food given to laborers and slaves, and is nutrient dense; many of these types of foods, originally bland, have received additional ingredients and spices to make them more appetizing. {{Wp|Hardtack}} is commonly eaten in Chakailan, and in recent decades this has been iterated into cake-like products eaten for {{wp|supper}} with fruit-based sweeteners and softer ingredients included. {{wp|Salt pork}} stews are also common and have received iterative improvements to flavor in recent decades and especially since independence. "New food", on the other hand, are types of food based on the cuisine and meals familiar to people enslaved and subsequently brought to the region. These meals resemble those of the cuisines of elsewhere and Crona and even abroad, but are made using local ingredients. Deer meat pies, prepared in such a way that clearly originally followed Levantine beef pies, are commonly eaten in Chakailan. "New food", despite the name, can date back hundreds of years. | ||
===Symbols=== | ===Symbols=== | ||
The torch and torches are used in Chakailan as a symbol of liberation, as paths lit by torchlight are associated with the road to freedom from slavery. Accordingly, torch imagery has become closely associated with Chakailani culture and is pictured on the flag and coat of arms of the newly established state and is also alluded to in the state's motto, "''Light the torch to freedom''." | The torch and torches are used in Chakailan as a symbol of liberation, as paths lit by torchlight are associated with the road to freedom from slavery. Accordingly, torch imagery has become closely associated with Chakailani culture and is pictured on the flag and coat of arms of the newly established state and is also alluded to in the state's motto, "''Light the torch to freedom''." | ||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
=== Linguistic Demographics === | === Linguistic Demographics === | ||