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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 society and culture is heavily influenced by its historic association with {{wp|Islam}} brought to the northeastern [[Polynesia]] region by [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] in [[1251]], bringing together the Rapan peoples' original Polynesian-descent culture with various ideas and traditions from [[Audonia]]. 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. | Levantine influence began with the arrival of Urcea in the 1860s, and various items from the [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean culture]] slowly became commonplace among Rapan society. For instance, Rapans generally follow common [[Occidental]] fashion trends for everyday life and business, while retaining more traditional clothing for religious ceremony. The introduction of Catholicism has had a significant impact on the Rapan people, as both non-indigenous people on the island combined with a number of indigenous converts has introduced religious pluralism to the island for the first time. | ||
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. Following the arrival of Urcea, a wider variety of foods became available on Rapa Rapa, and numerous local interpretations of ingredients from abroad create a unique style of Rapan Modern cuisine. All Rapan cuisine remains halal, with lamb, seabirds, and various cow meat imported from [[Stenza]] serving as the most popular choice of protein. Fruit-based food, such as Levantine-style {{wp|fruit salad}}, remains a common side served with most dishes. | |||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
The traditional Rapan style of music is a blend of {{wp|Music of Polynesia|traditional Polynesian island music}} with introduced influences of {{wp|Islamic music}}, particularly music related to religious ceremony. Most historians believe Islamic music related a purely liturgical form of music for the first several centuries after the introduction of Islam to Rapa Rapa, with Rapan culture viewing it as an elevated worship tool and different than the "folk" music popular outside of worship. Common instruments include traditional pre-Islamic instruments such as the {{wp|Nose flute|nose flute}} and types of wooden drums, which exist alongside Islamic-influenced vocal styles and some other [[Audonia]]n innovations, most especially {{wp|gong}}s. Due to the lack of natural metal resources on Rapa Rapa, gongs were highly prized during the pre-Urcean period and only rarely available, and accordingly gongs have a place of prominence in some traditional Rapa Rapa music as being associated with clerics or powerful chiefs. | The traditional Rapan style of music is a blend of {{wp|Music of Polynesia|traditional Polynesian island music}} with introduced influences of {{wp|Islamic music}}, particularly music related to religious ceremony. Most historians believe Islamic music related a purely liturgical form of music for the first several centuries after the introduction of Islam to Rapa Rapa, with Rapan culture viewing it as an elevated worship tool and different than the "folk" music popular outside of worship. Common instruments include traditional pre-Islamic instruments such as the {{wp|Nose flute|nose flute}} and types of wooden drums, which exist alongside Islamic-influenced vocal styles and some other [[Audonia]]n innovations, most especially {{wp|gong}}s. Due to the lack of natural metal resources on Rapa Rapa, gongs were highly prized during the pre-Urcean period and only rarely available, and accordingly gongs have a place of prominence in some traditional Rapa Rapa music as being associated with clerics or powerful chiefs. | ||