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==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||
*It is considered rude to divert one's gaze from the person that they are conversing with save for if one is performing another task like pouring a cup of tea or they are not sitting down together. | |||
*Rodulans have no concept of marriage, two souls are bound together in mutual understanding but that bond is not always eternal and Rodulans do not force or expect two people to stay together forever. | |||
*Having children together is a very serious undertaking in Rodulan society and many couples sometimes take decades to prepare themselves and test the strength of their relationship to prove themselves worthy of having children. Those individuals who rush into having children are looked down upon in Rodulan society and the community will often force themselves into the child's life to fill the gaps the parent's rash choices have made. Rodulan convention also dictates that couples should have at least two children but no more than five to teach the children how to interact with others and so that parents have enough time to spend raising their children. | |||
*The exchanging of pieces of art (In particular Basotile) between friends, family and lovers is seen as giving part of your soul to the other person as Rodulans consider part of their soul to flow into the art that they create. If the artwork is returned it symbolizes the loss of a relationship and separation. | |||
*Rodulans are expected to court for a year before settling down together and are expected to move in together into a new place that was never either party's former residence (A modified tradition of the old Rodulan custom of a bonded couple moving onto a new farm together). | |||
*When Rodulans first meet another they will stare directly into the other's eyes for a few minutes as a sign of openness. | |||
*The exchange of a Basotile that embodies a couple's first meeting is a sort of 'Proposal' indicating that one party desires to live together as one with the other. If the offer is accepted the two now bonded individuals will reform the Basotile into a symbol of their joined lives and shared love, if a couple splits apart the Basotile is smashed. The party that presents the Basotile to the other may be male or female, Rodulans see the soul as gender neutral and gender roles and sexual discrimination are seen as utterly barbaric. As such any two Rodulans may be bonded regardless of gender, male and female, male and male, female and female, it matters not in the eyes of The Artist. | |||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
The Rodulans are proponents of advanced 'Green' Technology that allows them to live in harmony with nature. They have advanced agricultural technology and have a technological level equal to that of any other major developed planet in the Alpha Quadrant. The Rodulans, however, care very little for space travel and aliens in general. They have a small fleet of shuttle craft and freighters to sell their artworks and export their food in exchange for money or technology but they never travel far from the homeworld. | The Rodulans are proponents of advanced 'Green' Technology that allows them to live in harmony with nature. They have advanced agricultural technology and have a technological level equal to that of any other major developed planet in the Alpha Quadrant. The Rodulans, however, care very little for space travel and aliens in general. They have a small fleet of shuttle craft and freighters to sell their artworks and export their food in exchange for money or technology but they never travel far from the homeworld. | ||