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The standing official policy of encouraging conversion of anyone wishing to live on Truk has resulted in an almost uniformly Muslim population. The sole exception are Daxian officials and members of the military garrisons who are there on a rotational basis; these people tend to be atheists or very rarely Christians. Linguistically a majority of the islanders speak mainland Daxian and around 34% also speak a pidgin polynesian dialect with Daxian loanwords known as Matai. | The standing official policy of encouraging conversion of anyone wishing to live on Truk has resulted in an almost uniformly Muslim population. The sole exception are Daxian officials and members of the military garrisons who are there on a rotational basis; these people tend to be atheists or very rarely Christians. Linguistically a majority of the islanders speak mainland Daxian and around 34% also speak a pidgin polynesian dialect with Daxian loanwords known as Matai. | ||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
The culture of modern Truk is an admixture of Muslim and Daxian influences and to a lesser degree, watered down polynesian traditions. The introduction of Islam by [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] in 1251 initiated a process of replacement of many polynesian practices with purely Audonian ones. Some notable surviving fragments include a form of polynesian music called Bonang that is based around percussion instruments, clothing styles that were coincidentally agreeable to Islam such as the long white robes called Kofias. Much of the limited polynesian cuisine has also survived intact, with new twists given the increase in available ingredients (all Truk's cuisine is now halal). | [[File:Indonesian_or_Javanese_gong_chimes,_Musical_Instrument_Museum,_Phoenix,_Arizona.jpg|thumb|Trukian bonang chimes used in traditional polynesian music]] | ||
The culture of modern Truk is an admixture of Muslim and Daxian influences and to a lesser degree, watered down polynesian traditions. The introduction of Islam by [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] in 1251 initiated a process of replacement of many polynesian practices with purely Audonian ones. Some notable surviving fragments include a form of polynesian music called Bonang that is based around percussion instruments, clothing styles that were coincidentally agreeable to Islam such as the long white robes called Kofias. Much of the limited polynesian cuisine has also survived intact, with new twists given the increase in available ingredients (all Truk's cuisine is now halal). Islam brought [[Audonia]]n architectural influences, new styles of dress(the muslim cap or takiyah is ubiquitous among men) and dishes and even new practices of personal grooming such as the growing of beards. | |||
[[Category:Daxia]] | [[Category:Daxia]] | ||
[[Category:Australis]] | [[Category:Australis]] | ||