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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Rapan society is heavily influenced by its historic association with {{wp|Islam}} brought to the northeastern [[Polynesia]] region by [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] in [[1251]]. However, due to Qumi's own mystical predilections, intensive interaction with Polynesian polytheism and [[Daxia]]n religious influences, as well as the island's longterm bouts of isolation, Islam as practiced in Rapa Rapa is extremely divergent of mainstream Islamic trends. However, most Rapan Muslims identify themselves as {{wp|Non-denominational Muslim|"just Muslim"}} rather than as a local sect or divergent school of thought. Islamic influence is such that many Islamic religious traditions - such as calls to prayer, specific prayer times, specific prayer orientation, and keeping {{wp|Halal}} - have become generalized Rapan cultural items observed even by non-Muslim Rapans. Accordingly, Rapans do not eat frog or alligator despite the introduced presence of both on the island following Urcean colonization. People of Rapan descent living in [[Urcea]], who are predominantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], have been widely observed to keep halal. | |||
Rapan cuisine typically consisted of small fruits and various kinds of fish, with the availability of various {{wp|Seabird|maritime birds}} serving as a delicacy until the 19th century. | |||
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== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||