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|demonym = Gara-Minu | |demonym = Gara-Minu | ||
|adjective = Gara-Minu | |adjective = Gara-Minu | ||
|languages = [[Sea-Speak]]; Fanakaran dialects | |languages = [[Sea-Speak]]; Fanakaran dialects | ||
|religions = [[Ancestor worship]]; [[animism]] | |religions = [[Ancestor worship]]; [[animism]] | ||
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== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
[[Human|Humans]] and [[gnome|gnomes]] | [[Human|Humans]] and [[gnome|gnomes]] account for nearly all of the Gara-Minu. | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:34, 5 July 2025
The Gara-Minu (pronounced GAH-rah-MEE-noo) are a Fanakaran people who live on and around the islands of the Chain in the eastern Wounds. Almost entirely egalitarian, their communities are ever-shifting as they wander between the islands.
Demographics
Culture
Religion
To the Gara-Minu, the primary targets of veneration are their ancestors and the spirits of the ocean. Worship of the Beating Heart is practiced by only a few.
Language
While the Gara-Minu regularly use both Sea-Speak and their own Fanakaran dialect, they are also well known for their tonal whistling language, which they use to talk to each other between ships. Birds like parrots are also regularly taught to remember and convey this whistling language as a means of long-distance communication.
Arts
The bows of the Gara-Minu, used for defense, fishing, and hunting, can also be converted to musical instruments through the attachment of a resonator. These are regularly played to celebrate successful hunts and their accompanying feasts.
Government
The Gara-Minu eschew any form of leaders. Instead they make their decisions collectively, each tribe and band coming to an agreement before taking action. Those who disagree with a decision are placated and given concessions as best as is possible, but are equally free to find a new community should such efforts prove insufficient.