MOROVIA(morovia)

Cultural AnalysisJessica Choi, Sarah Cho, Monica Suh

Language: Morovian

Alphabet: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzThe history of the alphabet comes from legendary kings who loved nature

Religion

Once a week, you are to visit the Great Forest with all of your family and worshipfognimal(Fognimal in English)A week in a year, you are to give up sugar (except natural sugar --fruit, etc.)

There was a week in Fognimal’s life where he had to give up shrimp.

Fognimal

Worship

Holidays

Celebrate the birth of Fognimal (May 1)Morovia Day (separate from others)

We got independence from a larger country.We all cried out Morovia in unity

Gratitude Day (give thanks to ancestors with a feast of nothing but traditional food)New Beginning - (new year) fireworks will be displayed by blowing up pine cones near the swamp

Clothing

Traditional clothing would be different shades of pink (Fognimal) Every day clothing would consist of shoes and jackets made of crocodile leather, shirts and pants made of mostly cotton On traditional days, wearing pink is suggested

Clothes

Traditional foods

Crocodile meat with blueberries (crocodiles are from the lowlands swamp)Fish sandwich dipped in picia (wolf blood) -tradition because old kings killed wolves for pride and drank their bloodRaspberry wine (comes from vineyards in the Northwest.) -pine needles added in the wine

Foods:

Tradition- Misc.

favorite number: 1 (since Fognimal stood on one foot and move in one big flock)Close all shops except medical centers on the 11th of every month

Works Cited

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