Naming Your Culture

1. ANGEL ISLAND ANGEL ISLAND ANGEL ISLAND Naming Your Culture Country Naming Ideas 1-5: 1. The Mobious Tribe 2. The Apricorn Tribe 3. The Tribe of the Angels 4. People of the Divine Wind 5. The Morocco Tribe The Final Name of my Tribe: The Tribe of the Angels

2. Habitat • Habitat • 1. The country my culture originated in was Asia. • 2. My culture is located above Indonesia. • 3. The average summer temperature at Angel Island is 90 degrees Fahrenheit. • 4. There is no winter in Angel Island. • 5. Monsoons commonly appear 4-5 days a week. • 6. The landscape on Angel Island consists of mountains, valleys, and canyons. The most common feature found on Angel Island are Rainforests, with trees going up to 500 ft. tall. • 7. Animals: Wolves, echidnas, boas, albatrosses, etc. • Plants: White oaks, great pines, lilies, etc. • 8. (See paint) • 9. Culture: A religion or belief people have. • Habitat: The living space around you, where you are located or where you live. • Migrate: To move to a different country or region. • Natural resource: The things you can get around you that are natural, such as water and berries.

3. Flag The red stands for blood, war, and Fury. The yellow stands for happiness, sunlight, and blight. The blue stands for magnificent waterfalls, blue skies, and obedience.

4. Anthem We knew we wouldn’t make it, We knew we would die, But suddenly, A light from the heavens came, We knew our god was to blame, For when that light hit the earth, Darkness would never again rebirth, And on our island to this day, In our jolly, nomadic, leather array, As long as we have our anthem, Everything will be fine, For we are the angels, The angels of the divine! • The Anthem of the Angels • Long ago when darkness was in our land, • To get rid of it, • We made our plan, • We came so close, • The time was right, • The day of darkness, • We had to fight, • We sent our warriors, • Brave and true, • But when we fought, • Then we knew, • The dangers of this place, • The possibilities of our race, On the floating island in the sky,

5. Constitution/ Bill of Rights • Bill of rights/Amendments • 1. Freedom of speech • 2. Freewill (freedom) • 3. All other tribes that are a threat will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. • 4. If you do good things for your tribe you have the right to go to the master shrine for purification. • 5. The 7 elders will improvise you for anything you need. (You have the right to go and ask them.) • 6. You can raise your own domestic stock, and hunt at anytime no matter the season. • 7. You have the right to decline to fight in our tribal wars (if you’re a woman.) • 8. You may have up to 4 children. • 9. You may live with up to 7 family members. • 10. You have the right to make a colony anywhere on the island.

6. Demographics Types of shelters: Female/male 3-10: Huts Female/male 11-20: nomad shelters Female/male 21-65: Shrines Female/male 65+: ruins/master shrines Martial status: Female/Male 3-10: Not Wed Female/male 11-20: can date Female/male 21-65: Can Wed Female/male 65+: Date/Wed/family • Total Population: 1,460 • Total Male: 730 • Total Female: 680 • Children under 3: 50 • Males 3-10: 150 • Males 11-20: 250 • Males 21-65: 210 • Males over 65: 120 • Females 3-10: 140 • Females 11-20: 220 • Females 21-65: 220 • Females over 65: 100 • Family size: common: 7-9 • Uncommon: 4-6 • Rare: 1-3 • Education: age 3-10: grade school • Age 11-20: middle school • Income levels: They don’t use money, they trade! • Usually they trade animal skins and beads.

7. Clothing

8. Living Quarters • Living Quarters and Buildings (continued) • Materials include: bricks, cobblestone, trees, and bark. • The buildings are made by special workers that build for food and currency; they use any of the supplies seen in question 1. • You would go to the seven elders’ master temple for healing herbs and other medicines. • Criminals will be sent to sacrificial hill, where their lives will depend on how bad the crime was, and will be prosecuted. • Education goes by word of mouth; the temple of Gaia is the place where the all-knowing-ones speak (teachers), while you learn and listen from their wisdom. • They would go to Hawaya square, where stands, traders, and tribes’ people gather to exchange various things (located in the middle of Angel Island). • Twice a day, people of the Angel Tribe go to the master shrine to pray to the gods for peace and prosperity. • Living Quarters and Buildings (Main) • The size of the houses varies, the simple houses are leaf huts (nomadic), and higher authority tribes’ people live in temples (see computer picks.) • The rooms have a soft, dirt floor with homemade quilts on the top (of the dirt); usually the huts/temples are only one room, with a wide area and a pillar in the middle. • The tribes’ people usually sleep on the quilts in their huts/temples. • The cook their meals inside the giant pillar in their huts/temples. • Usually there’s only one nomad living in a temple/hut, but families up to 4 may live insidetoo.

9. Food • Foods and their preparation • The daily foods that my tribe eats are Apricorns, strawberries, and Papu fruit. • The hunters gather the food for the tribe; they get them by either invading other tribes or tracking down food with their hunting specialty. • The weapons they use in this process are swords and spears, or baskets for gathering fruit. • 3-4 meals are eaten in a day. (It also depends on the food supply). The times are: 10:00 am, 1:00p.m, 6:00p.m, and 10:00p.m. • The oldest male in the family cooks inside the main pillar located inside the middle of the temple/hut. • Only members of the same family will eat the same meals. (The “hunter”, or eldest male will gather food.) • There are no special activities, but when special EVENTS happen, such as a wedding, there is chanting, dancing, and a feast. • Food is only used for meals in my tribe. • The people that sell food for money in my culture are called the Acck. They are located in trading posts all over Angel Island, and sell almost everything they can get their hands on. • The Angel Tribe will trade with other friendly tribes.

10. Dance • Dance • Name of dance: The Angel of Soleanna • Special clothing worn: Women put on snow dove feathers, while men wear crow feathers in a suit. • Event celebrated: Wedding ceremony • Steps and movements: Stand, raise hands, yell bird call and dance in a circle 2 times. • Name of dance: Alzakamar • Special clothing worn: special headbands and leather suits. (Both male and females) • Event celebrated: Battle victory • Steps and Movements: Dance and raise spears (while jogging in a circle) until music (from flutes) stop.

11. Power Structure • The Form of Government my tribe has is Totalitarianism. • Leaders: Only those who proved themselves with their knowledge and loyalty (braveness) will replace one of the elders when old enough (79+). • #1 in power: 7 elders #2 in power: Wisdom nobles (a.k.a the know it alls) #3 in power: Warriors. #4 in power: Noble women, and finally #5 in power: Everyone else. • The responsibility of those in power is to provide religion, wisdom, power, and surplus among other things. • When a new elder is named, the Minoshi Celebration starts. All the Angel Tribes on Angel Island come to celebrate, dance, and honor the new elder. • There is a written record of laws in my culture, • It is called the Argemus Mobian, but there is no written constitution to explain how it works (it’s secret, so only the elders know it orally.) The laws only apply to anyone lower in rank than an elder; the elders have their own set of laws for themselves. • 7. Arguments are settled by calling in warriors to solve any disputes, but arguments are rare because the laws are very strict. • 8. The laws are in the bill of rights, they too are known orally and the elders use them to keep peace within the Angel Tribes. • 9. The punishment for rule breakers is usually the death penalty, but a lifetime of irrigationwork is another option.

12. Economy/Currency • The most valuable items are: Rana (bright colored rubies), and topazes are worth the most because it shows how much effort you took to get them, and your reputation will grow. • Everyone has access to the values, but only the bravest of tribe people will have the best jewels. • The “cash” of my tribe is their trading items, such as food, jewels, clothing, etc. Exotic coins are also treasured. • They trade everyday, because this is a necessity for them so they can survive. They only trade on Angel Island. (That’s probably because Angel Island is a floating island.) • People in the Angel Tribe display their wealth with jewels, from diamonds and rubies to lapis-lazuli's and opals. • You are considered successful in my tribe when you rob/loot/destroy enemy tribe settlements, and when you have the greatest of trading surplus. Knowledge is also a respecting factor.

13. Transportation • Walking: The Angel Tribe’s main transportation is walking. They walk to get to trading areas, other regions on Angel Island, etc. • Beasts of burden: Donkeys are used to pull and operate reservoirs, while llamas are used to carry goods. • Boats: They are usually made from white oak, and have a canoe-like shape.

14. Defense/Protection • The weakness of my tribe is that there are a lot of trees on Angel Island, so if an enemy tribe brought torches, half of the whole island may be set ablaze, including the invaders. • 2. On Angel Island, there is a lot of mountains and monsoons, so other tribes are at a disadvantage because the Angel Tribes are adept at climbing and are immune to ammonia. • 3. The Samonsuke, or the warriors, are ferocious bezerkers who defend Angel Island with their lives. • 4. Strategies are taught through the highest rank of Samonsuke, which the children to strategize. • 5. The Angel tribe only had one war, and it was from an enemy tribe that came from an unknown land. The Angels won, and the enemy tribe called the “Majori” fled. • 6. Spears are the main weapons the Angel Tribe uses, but pikes, lances, torches, crossbows and other various weapons are used for fighting. Clubs and short bows are used for training. • 7. The Angel Tribe defends itself from harm with hardened leather clothes, shields, etc. Temples are also used as scouting points and safe houses when a war or battle is going on. • 8. The Samonsuke (warriors) wear a hardened leather/Inca style uniform, which the general wears the heaviest armor almost impenetrable from harm.

15. Garbage • The waste products that I use at home is candy wrappers, bananas peels, etc. • Clothing, entertainment boxes, and other things allow us to retain our lifestyles. • Different types of industries produce different types of wastes. • Plastic and cardboards are used the most in my area. • Wastes go to a dump/waste facility, and wecan reduce the wastes by recycling.

16. Calendar • The Angel Tribe’s calendar is just like ours, just with more days and fewermonths.