Tewoke Culture

The Tewoke Culture was a Post-Collapse human and halfling agricultural society that lived in the Maanaka Islands south of Pia.

Art
Tewoke art consisted mainly of elaborate wooden idols and masks, used in ceremonies. By 1500 3E, the Tewoke had also adopted the Matunga body tattoo techniques, and this practice spread throughout the Maanaka islands.

Dress
Tewoke dress usually consisted of simple kilts and loincloths made from local plants and animal hides. Nudity was not uncommon.

Language
The Tewoke spoke the Tewoke Language, whose dialects differed greatly from region to region.

Naming Conventions
Tewoke individuals only had a given name, as their tribes were usually too small for differentiation to be required.

Religion
The Tewoke worshiped the Old Spirits, who appeared to them as local animals.

Society
Tewoke tribes were generally quite egalitarian. Many tribes were not ruled by chiefs, but instead by consensus from the adult members of the tribe. Halflings and humans almost always had separate tribes, unified by a common culture. in some Tewoke tribes, one gender was considered inferior (usually women, although sometimes men were subordinate). In others, genders were considered equal.

Tewoke individuals usually formed a blood bond with another individual of the same age (usually of the same race and gender as well, although there have been exceptions). These bonds were considered unbreakable, and blood kin were extremely close to each other, helping each other out in times of need and enacting each other's revenge.

War
Tewoke tribes frequently warred with each other, usually over territorial disputes or in retaliation. The northern Tewoke tribes also frequently warred with Matunga invaders.

Technology
The Tewoke used stone tools and made a number of pottery artifacts. By 2000 3E, Matunga fishing and canoe-making techniques had been imported.

Agriculture
The Tewoke relied heavily on the cultivation of taro and sugarcane. By 3000 3E, they had domesticated sweet potato and the pig.

Weapons
The Tewoke used bows, spears, bone knives, wooden clubs and stone axes.