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Kalam Al'shunukaams

Wow...I...I never would have expected quite the feast in the middle of the desert. What did you call it Elder Shaa?   Kalam al'shunukaams, "Sun Rising's Peace." It is an old dish dating back to our people's findings. The full phrase is, "Kalam al'shunukaams wojad zunii'kaliin kaii'vril." It roughly means, "may sun rising's peace be with us on this day and those to come." A fine thing to say at the start of any morning would you not say dear Enrii?  
Elder Rahandii Shaa to Enrii Kalronii

Food in Niil'vrai'kiin Jo'saahish is scarce, and what little food there is takes much work to get. However much work it takes to get the resources for survival is well rewarded though. One such reward is Kalam Al'shunukaams, a special dish of gojeshka eggs, haahani meat, and jakiil eaten by the Vraii'jashuk every Tal'oviin.

Blessing of the Sun Rising

Kalam al'shunukaams, literary meaning Sun Rising's Peace, is a shortened term for the phrase kalam al'shunukaams wojad zunii'kaliin kaii'vril, meaning, "may sun rising's peace be with us [the Vraii'jashuk] on this day and those to come." Even then, this is not the full, deeper meaning of the phrase as it originates from the Elder period, and their language being much more convoluted, condensed the simple phrase into a much longer one.  
"On this day, when Sun Rising brings us it's peace, we pray to our Great Father for his Blessing on this day and for those to come in the coming week." That is the gist of it as they say outside the desert. It is an Elder phrase as you might have guessed.  
Elder Rahandii Shaa
I see now. When you compare the two, this character's radical completely changes. And this one, the importance being placed on Sun Rising and afterwards a single character being so condensed. It makes much more sense this way. The Elder's were able to make even food into a majestic meaning.  
Enrii Kalronii
For the Vraii'jashuk, every Tal'oviin is a special day. They view the day as both the end of an arduous week and the beginning of a new one. On this day, every member of the yu'jin gathers into the mukala'kaan to feast on a dish of gojeshka eggs, the fiend haahani, and the renowned jakiil.
 


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Being that I'm late to Summer Camp, this article may be a bit messy, and is still a heavy WIP.


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