Culture

Diet

What are the most commonly-grown foods?

What are the most commonly-eaten meats?

What foods are considered exotic or expensive?

What forms of alcohol are common? Rare?

Is there usually enough food and water for the population?

Describe how daily food is obtained.

What type of foods are most popular?

What are typical dishes and specialties of the region?

What type of food is the locality or region famous for?

What cutlery, if any, do people use for cooking and eating?

How is the table arranged?

How do people sit when eating? Is there any arrangement by age or dignity of diners?

How many and when are the main mealtimes?

Are there restaurants, popinas, street vendors or other places where food may be bought in public?

Is there a significant risk of food poisoning? How many cases lead to death? Is there understood to be a link between food and poisoning or illness?

How much does a typical meal cost, if bought and not grown at home?

Their diet requires a high amount of protein and amino acids found in plant life, seafood, legumes and red meat found on their planet.

Dining Customs

Ethics and Values

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Fashion and Dress

What kind of clothes do people wear? How does this vary by season, ethnicity, age, profession, etc?

How do the genders dress: what differences are there between mens and womens clothing and accessories?

How is clothing made, in small shops or larger factories?

How much does typical clothing cost?

How important is fashion to people? How does this vary by individual?

What kinds of jewelry do people wear? And when?

The Sarseian's sense of fashion and use of clothing is sparse, even more so in the warmer northern regions, and consists of light, loose materials, since their fur affords them protection from the sun and cold. In the north, materials are usually lighter or sparser to allow for better wicking of moisture, and blocking of sunlight without inhibiting airflow. Southern materials are usually thicker and block out the wind and insulate against the cold.

The style of wear is similar to a mixture of traditional Japanese and polynesian wear. Togas, body-wraps, kimono-style robes, hoods and ponchos to keep out the cold, and general wear, and sarongs and loose torso-garments to shield from the sun. Some may opt to wear nothing at all, as there is no stigma against doing so.

Jewelry is composed primarily of gemstones, metal, bone, and stones, as well as leather, cloth, and metal. They are usually found as necklaces, piercings, rings and fur-ties. Leather-based protective garments have been used for hazardous jobs as well as metal for armor, though it is sparse.

All Sarseians have a great dislike for foot-coverings that prevent them from being in contact with the planet, as well as being in a location that prevents the flow of energy from reaching them. Some have felt a feeling of strong vertigo or detachedness while being isolated.

Manners

Who speaks first at a formal gathering?

What kinds of gifts are considered appropriate or in extremely bad taste?

How do younger adults address their elders?

When is it rude to laugh at something funny?

What kinds of questions cannot be asked in public? In private? At all?

What parts of the body are routinely covered?

How private are bodily functions like bathing or defecating?

Sapient feliform race inhabiting Sarsei