Nomaien
Nomaie is a desert world with little in the way of bodies of water, so they don’t know how to swim.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Hashaare'n
Hinal'a
Tanlek'o
Jalon’g
Masculine names
Nukoyi
Chanse'iki
Jarele'yen
Yulan'iki
Family names
ei Tiltrethkeriin
ii Kantahar
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
They have a name for themselves that isn’t used off world. They find the term Nomaien crude but useable.
Shared customary codes and values
Their sense of humor is very odd and seems morbid to off-worlders. What they think of as funny is often not something anyone else finds humorous.
Common Etiquette rules
An offer of sharing food is tantamount to offering to share one’s bed.
They take life debts very seriously. Saving another person’s life on Nomaie incurs a life debt that can be discharged in a couple of different ways, but the most common is repayment in kind, saving their savior’s life, though they can also meet a requirement set by the savior if payment in kind isn’t possible. This requirement must be worth a life and cannot be something frivolous such as asking for a drink to be brought. The saved person does technically belong to the person who saved them and that person can ask the saved to do virtually anything. While indebted, the saved cannot physically harm their savior, though they are allowed to defend themselves if the savior tries to seriously hurt them. A person under a life debt is not permitted to marry, hold official positions, bear or produce offspring, or really do much of anything until the debt is discharged. The only exception is if they marry or produce offspring with the one who holds their life debt, though this is rare.
Art & Architecture
In the marketplaces, items that can be acquired most easily are: simple undecorated earthenware dishes and containers, sand art, food, clothing, weaponry, and exquisitely designed jewelry.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Tan skin is prevalent, though there have been some with a more Caucasian skin tone (though those are usually sehashi or related to one). Blond hair is highly prized and darker tones to be less attractive.
Relationship Ideals
When a woman formally chooses a man as her mate, she uses the phrase “Janshe rak tor el hanesse akarin emesyo, (man’s name) sha ne. It translates to ‘I name this man (mans’ name) and I lay my claim to him by ancient rite’. A man’s response translates as “I accept your claim on me and swear to have no other for as long as you'll have me”.
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