Dukun Culture

The Dukun Culture was a human agrictultural Post-Collapse civilisation that lived in the Dowuro Highlands and Azju River Basin south and west of the Yama Mountains.

Art
Dukun art included elaborate pottery vessels and idols, often inlaid with gemstones and animal parts.

Their musical traditions were complex, and included many types of Ubaro: sacred music used to communicate with the gods.

Dress
Early Dukun dress largely consisted of plain tunics embellished with pottery necklaces and, for chieftains, large headdresses. By 1500 3E, the stratification of Dukun society resulted in a wider variety of dress, reflecting status. Warriors wore animal skins and bone jewelry, representative of their strength. Kings and queens wore elaborate headdresses and large capes. Priests wore green robes and were decked with elaborate jewelry. Peasants wore plain tunics or dresses, for men and women respectively.

Language
The Dukun spoke the Dukun Language, which consisted of many dialects.

Naming Conventions
Most Dukun were known only by their first name and their father's name (a priest caste Dukun would have taken their mother's name instead). Names of important individuals may have been more elaborate.

Religion
The Dukun largely worshipped the Old Spirits, who appeared to them as local animals. They also had a pantheon of deities.
 * Omaba, the queen of the gods and mistress of Azju River. She frequently battles Zjango, a feared water serpent
 * Kopata, Omaba's consort and god of war
 * Kokobaba, the old man who created the Universe and shaped people from clay
 * Labo the chameleon, messenger of the gods
 * Gopu the guineafowl, goddess of agriculture

Society
Early Dukun society was very egalitarian. By the middle of the 2nd Millennium 3E, however, three distinct castes had emerged: the warrior, priest and peasant castes. The warrior caste, responsible for fielding the clans' warriors, was the dominant caste from which the clan kings came. The priest caste was devoted to the worship of the gods and from this caste came the shamans, mostly female, who wielded a lot of political power. The peasant caste was the lowest caste in the hierarchy, and contained everybody else.

War
The Dukun regularly warred among each other and with neighbouring cultures.

Technology
The Dukun had a wide number of stone tools at their disposal. By the end of the Collapse, they had developed fishing nets and were master potters, producing the finest pottery objects in the region.

Agriculture
The Dukun had a thriving agricultural society that relied on the cultivation of sorghum, millet and rice. They had also domesticated the donkey and guineafowl, and had developed complex fishing practices in the Azju River.

Weapons
The Dukun used spears, bows, wooden clubs and stone-headed axes.