Relki

Culture

Foods & Cuisine

Considering their partly nomadic lifestyle, the Relkis have 2 meals: dawnmeal and duskmeal. Meat is very rare within their diet; livestock, if there are any, are more useful as sources of dairy, fur, or transportation. Fish, however, is more common, even among poorer people. Staples of their cuisine include rye, barley, beets, potatoes, berries, eggs and dairies. Peat is often used to flavor dishes, or used as a preservation method. Their beverage of choice is mead or ale.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Relki people are pastoralist nomads. In fall and winter, they live in settlements just south of the mountain range. When the weather warms up and the snow begins to melt, groups of Relkis make the trek up north to go mine, harvest ingredients only found past the mountains and reconnect with some communities who chose to remain north during the harshest months. These groups of nomads are called the Vajuvla.