His people, including his family, within their culture supported international and domestic free trade. They were sophisticated, educated, and a proud people maintaining large-scale trade in many industries such as fishing, agriculture, natural resources, and manufactured products. In addition to their commercial talents. they were also well-known for their metallurgical, husbandry, horticultural, and agricultural technologies. Moreover, no other people excelled in maritime and energy technologies throughout their history.
Their geographic location in the mid-ocean, what is now called the Atlantic Ocean, provided some isolation from the world; hence, their localities on the seas gave them a measure of protection. Moreover, their lands provided many means for harvests, foodstuffs, and meats to be grown, collected, and traded--also, the seas around them supplied a diverse range of seafood and other products of the sea for trade.
Silvö spoke a language of his nation known as Mártölammë, spoken throughout all regions of his homelands. The Mártölammë language is actually variant dialect of mankind's common language. As with all languages of their day, their modern language that was spoken and written was adapted from its particular historic, locality, and cultural processes throughout the many generations of his people. In effect, it changed a bit since the days of the original language that Shedhö spoke.
In the early days, his people had a close attachment to their home, where it represented the traditional self-sufficient, family-run homesteads. Home in this context is synonymous with family roots, the house of the family. In the days of Silvö, they maintained a close attachment to their houses. For example, if one is born into the House of Walfö, as Silvö was, once he became an adult at the early age of 10 calendar periods, approximately 220 years of age, he entered into familial service to his house or transferred into a professional guild or entered into the service for his state.
The Mártönérse society was usually patrilinear for known family inheritance structures. However, the social position of women in society was equal to men. The women held substantial influence in decisions about the domestic and familial economies. In the days of Silvö, the women were key participants in all faucets of life. In contrast to other cultures, Mártönérse inheritance patterns, recognized in the survival of the unity of inherited land holdings, which generally fell to a single heir, usually the oldest son or daughter. This system recognized the other siblings, which provided provisions for them to serve their house in other capacities or they entered other professional organizations for sources of sustenance as individuals. [It should be noted that currency did not exist anywhere in the world--that is a modern invention.]
The cuisine of his people is at the heart of his people's culture, influenced by the excellent produce from the sea and the land. The people enjoy special events where the families gather to cook and enjoy their food. Other common places are the cider houses and local restaurants in open areas for a few months during the warm season. The pulse café is another place where pulse breads and wines were sold during the working days.
Each community throughout the lands profess a strong belief in the Holy One. Due to many reinforcing elements in their world, there are no agnostic or atheist individuals. As such, every community established their times to honor or to celebrate particular events, such as good harvests, seasonal events, and times for remembrance. Each event occurred in similar proceedings since the founding of their nation. It usually opened with prayers to the Holy One, gave homage and praises to the Holy One, a speech for the reason for the event, food, music, celebration, and, finally, a closing prayer.
It must be noted that there are no established religions anywhere in the world. From Silvö's perspective, what we call religion today would have been comprehended as a very foreign concept. Their daily lives lived a celebratory mindset and familial practices and customs were determined long ago.
The music of his people was very rhythmic, with strong elements of flute, pipes, and percussion in the early traditional music. In the days of Silvö, the people enjoy playing many imported instruments from the diverse cultures and their musical tastes varied and tended to be eclectic.
In times of warfare, great drums were used before and during battle. They served as a warning to the enemy to depart and retreat--if they did not, which was a common event; the drums served as one of the primary means of communication from the war leaders to their field commanders to direct their combat efforts in real-time in large tracts of the battlefields.
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