Jibocarabwaïan culture

Etymology of the Culture
Jibocarabwaï is formed of 3 words, Jibo which means fire,Cara which means seism and votiquakes and Bwaï stands for water. The people came with the name when a votiquake, seism, hit the island, they referred to it in a panic as Cara, it was followed closely by the volcano spurting into life, they named it Jibo and as they were trying to escape from the volcano’s lava, the sight of the Ocean water made them sight in relief Bwaï and that’s how they came up with the name. Jicabwaïs is an abbreviation form of Jibocarabwaï and it refers to the people living on the island.

Time and Date
After a lot of research and studies, the scientists of Jibocarabwaï found out that the time in there is different and after a lot of calculations they came up with a new time system: -each minute is 36 seconds long -each hour is 257 minutes long -each day is 9 hours long (83268 seconds=23.13 earth days) -each week is 5 days long -each month is 5 weeks long (25 days) -each year is 7 months long(155 days) Lokarakš: Each eight years there is one year that has only 153 days called Lokarakš. In this year the first and last month have each 24 days instead of 25. The eight year period is called Skranou. The months are: 1-Noubo 2-Froke 3-Murhi 4-Buflen 5-Wemji 6-Racabo 7-Nlakš The days are 1-Skrabwaï 2-Zollas 3-Kurnif 4-Kolou 5-Sukera N.B The first day of the year, the first day of Noubo, doesn't present that voti spes had turned around specula spes' sun, it is the day that the team of ISC crashed on Voti spes. The thirteens of Racabo is actually the day where voti spes would have turned around the sun a full turn. Rest Days: The third day of each week Kurnif is a day off. But in the last week of each month instead of having Kurnif off we have the last two days of the week, Kolou and Sukera off.

History
When the ISC tragic accident that led a group of scientists sent by ISC to fall on Voti Spes in late 2040, the group lost contact with the ISC base and found themselves trapped on the new and unknown planet with no way out. As every attempt to regain contact failed, they finally gave up and began searching for a style of living accommodated perfectly with the new planet. The ISC scientists encountered many difficulties ranging from being attacked by animals to being poisoned by some plants to having a volcano spurt into live or even a votiquake hitting the region. They eventually found a solution to continue on living on the Jibocarabwaï Island which is surrounded by the Čitabwaï Ocean. The Jicabwaïs are an eco-friendly civilization, their never-ending love for nature was carried through the 15 generations that lived on Voti Spes and is still ongoing. Due to them being surrounded by only water, it was a matter of time before the Jibocarabwaian people; the Jicabwaïs began developing advanced ships to boost their maritime activity. They became the leading economical force on Voti Spes as they dealt with Skrakš (₴), currency made by volcano rocks and tree leaves. The Jicabwaïs own a wide variety of unprecedented raw materials which are unlimited, in addition to high agricultural output which lead to a highly acclaimed cuisine. They developed a friendly relationship with other cultures living on Voti Spes making their life there quite peaceful and far from any form of war, not dealing with each other unless if it is for benefitting from goods coming from the other culture. Therefore, the Jicabwaïs developed weapons for the sole purpose of hunting and torturing. They expanded their territory by acquiring the seashore in front of their island which rendered quite easy the exchange of goods between other cultures and them. Famous for their quick evolution and thanks to the knowledge and competence the humans that came from earth had, the Jicabwaïs scientists never failed to deliver. They soon created their own periodic table with the raw elements they found on their island and they began developing Votitech based on the equipment that remained intact after the crash on Voti Spes. The new technology opened new doors to the outside world catching the attention of Rafa Rafa, 400 years after the fateful accident. Jicabwaïs built a museum in order to preserve traces of their history such as the space equipment and jet the initial group had during the ISC adventure in addition to older inventions. They also sculpted with volcano rocks the statue of the leader of the first generation which happened to be a very well known and respected high figure in the history of Jibocarabwaï. Her name is Natasha Brighton, she was honored because of the act of bravery, indomitable will and proficiency she showcased when the jet crash-landed on Voti Spes. She then took it in her stride to peacefully adapt her people to the planet in order to live on Voti Spes. The Jicabwaïs developed during the 15 generations that passed on the island, 2 sorts of religions. One that consisted on putting their faith in an abstract form of deity in order to keep on hoping. The second which started in the late 7th generation was proved to be truthful. Those two religions successfully divided the Jicabwais into two clans, however, due to their clean history without any kind of war and them being quite deprived of every ounce of evil and rivalry, they were able to sort out their differences and live together on the same land.

Map of Jibocarabwaï
The place where the scientists landed on Jibocarabwaï, is in the capital “Dulfevo” (which means origin). In Jibocarabwaï there’s a river that started from 37Km inland and after 50 years with the technology and the development of science they found a way to prolong the river so it would get near the crater and surround it so when it will explode the lava will get in the water and solidify and the rocks formed will be used for very important inventions and for architecture. The most important cities in Jibocarabwaï are six: Kegen, Fybola, Voxek, Zollbu, Hivo, Murgen.

Map of Voti Spes
Like every culture the Jibocarabwaïan culture spread mainly on the shore of Voti Spes. Some areas have almost the same culture as us and some have traces of our culture in theirs.

Lola (Religion):
In Jibocarabwaï there are two religions: -Noukoulola whose concept is hope -Bwaïlola whose concept is equality and peace; And an atheist community: Noukenlola

Noukenlola
Noukenlola (Nouken:No, Lola:Religion) is an atheist community that was formed since the beginning of Jibocarabwaï, especially because the jicabwaïs were so scientific.

Noukoulola
Noukoulola was created by a man named “Noukou” from the second generation who believed that the jicabwaïs were going in a state of depression because of the dangers that surrounded them (volcano, votiquakes, dangerous species…). So to give them hope he created a religion that said that there are two gods living in the volcano who controlled the volcano and seismic activity of Jibocarabwaï. This led the jicabwaïs to offer sacrifices to these gods by throwing them in the volcano, and to live by certain rules given by the gods to “Noukou”. The Jicabwaïs who believe in Noukoulola are called Noukouloca. Lolum (Gods): 1-Jibololum (Jibo: fire, lolum: god) is responsible of the volcano activity. 2-Caralolum (Cara: seism, lolum: god) is responsible of the seismic activity. Lolum Jiloca (Gods’ rules): There are only three rules: 1-One should offer a sacrifice to the gods at least twice a year. 2-Depression is forbidden. There is always hope. 3-Always have faith in others and in yourself. Each person who disobeys any of these rules should offer at least five sacrifices to the gods before two months pass as a consolation prize to the gods or he will put all Jibocarabwaï in danger of the volcano erupting or a votiquake. Noukoulumji (lumji: priest): The Noukoulumji is a priest. His duty is to make sure everyone is living by lolum jiloca. There are three who live with the Noukouloca and there is one who stays near the crater (the volcano top) and takes care of the sacrifices. Sacrifices: For the two obligatory sacrifices all Noukouloca go up, with all the Noukoulumji to the crater together twice a year. For any other sacrifice, additional sacrifice or consolation sacrifice, each Noukouloca goes up alone. Afterlife: It is believed that each Noukouloca will go live in the volcano with the gods after his death.

Bwaïlola
On the seashore of Jibocarabwaï there is a part of the ocean called Bwaïlumbo (water beauty) where the water is the clearest and sparkly. That part always amazed the Jicabwaïs. Once there was a wedding of a man and a woman of the seventh generation, next to Bwaïlumbo, on the fifth of Wemji. During the celebration a man with fish scale instead of normal human skin came out of this amazing part of the ocean. At first everybody panicked, screamed and began to run; but then this man said “May peace be in your souls”, so everybody calmed down and they sat in a circle around him. So that man introduced himself:”I am Bwaïlolum (the god of the waters) I am the ruler of the Bwaïspes, the water world, which is also your afterlife world. And I’m here to tell you how you should live to enter Bwaïspes after your deaths and that’s really simple: live in peace and equality.” And then he chose a Bwaïlumji to make sure that all the Bwaïloca (the believers in Bwaïlola) respect his wishes, and that man will go every year, except on the lokarakš, on the fifth of Wemji to Bwaïspes to give a report to the god and ask for advice about how to help the people. On the fifth of Wemji of each lokarakš Bwaïlolum will go up to Jibocarabwaï and he will choose a new Bwaïlumji. N.B: Bwaïlolum talked in Jibos, just to be clear.

The formation of the religions
The formation of the religions was changed with the beginning of every new religion. 1-With the first generation and the beginning of the second, everybody was atheist. 2-When Noukoulola was created not everybody believed, and only the half of the Jicabwaïs converted to Noukoulola. 3-When Bwaïlola was discovered a part of the atheists became Bwaïlocas and the other part didn’t change. Some Noukouloca converted to Bwaïlola, others were so confused that they became atheists and the rest weren’t affected by Bwaïlola. The most interesting thing about the religions of Jibocarabwaï is that they were always in peace, there were some simple conflicts but they never declared war on each other.

Politics
In first position comes the “Boca”, it is the principal power holder of Jibocarabwaï. It is divided into two parts: » Bocawem : Takes care of federal legislation. It is responsible for the application of the laws as well as the creation of new ones. Their role is to enforce justice and supervise the “Jikegen”. » Bocasu : It is a Senate Council. It serves as the consciousness of the political constitution. In second position comes, the “Jikegen” that is formed of two councils: • Bugen: It’s a tripartite system built to adapt to a religious society: » Bugen-Noukou: A religious system based on the Noukoulola religion, it consists of 5 members. » Bugen-Bwaï: A religious system based on the Bwaïlola religion, it also consists of 5 members. » Bugen-Nouken: A non-religious system formed of five members. The members are elected by the Jicabwaïs; Each Jicabwaï should vote for the candidates of his own religion. Each partite has the “Kesugen” right, it’s a veto based concept, it requires a two-thirds veto vote for a decision to be overridden. • Kougen: It is a council that cover several departments: » Security and Defense. » Economy. » Nature - Ecology. » Jurisdictial. » … Each department has a chief executive and a spokesperson who normally attends the Jikegen assembly representing the said-department. The Jikegen constitution is formed of those two councils in addition to an elected president “Jike”, who took this name from the all-so-famous, Natasha Brighton who was nicknamed as such because of the leadership and bravery she demonstrated, “Jike” became the noun describing a leader. The president is usually a woman from the Noukenlola community, she holds the second most powerful vote. This system is what ensured stability for more than 15 generations and that resulted in the development of the economy. It’s the Jikegen that holds the finance in the island. Each individual must work in a given field. The scientific field especially receives high sums of money. Whenever, a large amount of the citizens become unemployed, they are immediately transferred to another part of the island or even to the lands Jicabwais recently proclaimed as theirs. Jibocarabwaï politics never preached war with other civilizations. It always opted to do business and trade with them instead. Some of their major rules and regulations: • Abusing and killing domestic animals puts you in jail for five years in addition to hard labor and paying damages. • The usage of uncertified weapons between a Jicabwaï and another. • Robbery of any kind puts you in jail for 10 years. • Threatening is thoroughly forbidden at the risk of 5 years of hard labor in addition to an unparalleled damage fee. • It is unacceptable for any Jicabwaï to be uneducated; Therefore, education is completely free and ensured by the Jibocarabwaian government.

Traditions
The traditions of Jibocarabwaï are very important and reflect the image of the culture.

Signs of respect
When the Jicabwaïs salute each others, they should bring their hands together and them separate them with each hand going up to stimulate the eruption of the volcano. Also, when two people are talking, they should stand in a straight position and look into the eyes of the other person.

Signs of disrespect
1-You shouldn’t do the opposite of any of the signs of respect. 2-Criticizing another jicabwaï’s religion is considered as a very hurtful sign of disrespect. 3-Talking behind a person’s back is one of the greatest insult for a jicabwaï. 4-Moving the fingers of your right hand is a very bad curse.

Events
Dulfevo Voca (origin celebration): Every year on the first of Noubo, which is the first day of the year, the Jicabwaïs celebrate the arrival of the ISC team to Voti Spes. Festivities are hold on this day in “Dulfevo” the capital, which is also the place where landed the scientists. Lokarakš: Every eight years Jibocarabwaï celebrates the year which consists of 153 days instead of 155. Marriage: During the celebration the couple should dance a traditional dance and sing the national anthem. The bride should wear a crown of leaves on her head and the groom should should carry a stone that represents the strong links between the lovers. Birthdays: Birthdays in Jibocarabwaï is celebrated exactly like it is on earth: the party and the gifts. Except that in Jibocarabwaï the birthday boy or girl should give a present to his parents to thank them for givig him/her the greatest gift of all: LIFE.

Clothes
Each religion has a different fashion style: For the Noukenlola, they wear only one color, only white or only red or only pink.., to show their neutrality. The Noukoulola believers wear ponchos which symbolizes the volcano. The Bwaïlola believers wear clothes whose extremities are blue and wavy to symbolize the sea.

Language
While creating a new culture, citizens of Jibocarabwai didn’t forget to create a new language for their own. With new symbols, replacing the original letters of the alphabet, Jicabwais expended their language-Jibos- all over the island, making it the first and official speaked language in Jibocarabwai. The concept of this language is totally different from Earth’s: letters are replaced with symbols, words are shorter but the phonems are the same. But what makes Jibos unique, is the fact that it isn’t based on a single letter replaced by a symbol but a group of letters, which makes a certain phonem, replaced by a symbol. For exemple “Nou” is “Ƌ” in Jibos. Other used symbols: -Nou: Ƌ			 -kou: Ɣ			 -lo: Ӆ -la: Ӿ			 -lum: џ			 -ji: ѥ -bo: ᶗ			 -ca: ᶓ			 -ra: Ԅ -bwai: ђ			 -ŝkra: Ŧ			 -Fro: ƍ -dul: Ӝ			 -su: Ҹ			 -Ke: Ԃ -Fy: Ҙ			 -Gen: þ			 -Mur: ᵹ -Vo: Ƣ			 -Xek: Ʊ			 -Hi: Ƞ -Zoll: ɀ			 -Flen: Ȣ			 -Bu: Ʋ -Nif: ʒ			 -Pf: ʪ			 -Hun: ᶋ -As: ₹			 -Mew: Ю			 -Nlak: љ -Foz: ⱴ			 -kur: Ϧ			 -Wem: ƍ -Ve: ѓ -Ma: ѯ -Te: ҂ -Es: ᴤ Not only that Jicabwais created a new language, they also created numbers, also replaced by new symbols: 0: θ		 1: ϗ		 2: ᶊ		 3: ‡		 4: ◊		 5: ᵷ 6: ᵿ		 7: ₴		 8: ₪		 9: г To differentiate between a word and a verb, Jicabwais had to create a unique symbol that would allow to transform this word to his verb. This symbol is “ve”. For example: “Hunas” means “food”, “Hunasve” means the verb “eat” “kurzoll” means “discussion”, “Kurzollve” means the verb “talk” “Frodul” means “work”, “Frodulve” means the verb “work” “Vowem” means “look”, “Vowemve” means the verb “watch” For adjectives, jicabwais used a unique symbol “ma” which are put in the beginning of the word. For example: “Maradul” which means “beautiful” “Mafrokur” which means “ugly” “Maxekvo” which means “fast” “Manoubo” which means “slow” “Majica” which means “magical” Jicabwais didn’t forget to put a symbol for adverbs “te” which is put in the end of the word For example: “Lumcarate” which means “angrily” “Noubote” which means “slowly” “Pfaste” which means “deadly” “lojite” which means “repetedly” Prefix “es” is usually used to express the opposite of what is said, For example: “Esbuhinlak” which means “unsatisfying” “Esmewfoz” which means “immortal” “Eshira” which means “incorrect”

Food
The traditional food of Jibocarabwaï is based on chicken, bacon, special bread "Hixek", cherry (sauce, jam...)' milk and cheese, biscuits.

Music
When the scientists finished working on opening the passage for the river around the volcano, they sat on a rock. One of the scientists found a stick on the floor, he held it and started hitting it on the rock and making a beat, another one tried to follow the beat and held another stick and started hitting it on a can he had, the other took a piece of rocket and started hitting it with his hands so it makes a new beat, and they made the stomp, plus the others started making noises with their mouths and feet like accapella. That’s how they created their type of music that is called: Staolla.

There were no specific instruments for staolla, they can find anything and do it with but cans, sticks and the piece of rocket were the first instruments used to create Staolla. Years passed, one day a man called Pirow who was in love with his country sat alone and started writing a song to Jibocarabwaï and this song was sang by everyone and it was the first song created and it was passed from a generation to another until it became the official national anthem of the country. Here are the lyrics :

We are Jicabwaïs We survive volcanoes and votiquakes Oh! How much we love our country May our country and flag preserve Through the decades, the Jike we serve All of us Jicabwaïs For our country we pray In our flag we put faith Jicabwaï all the way through While our faith in her glory grew We represent our country Generations come together So that our country will live forever All of us Jicabwaïs For our country we pray In our flag we put faith Land of the sun, of glory And of our affections, Life is heaven in your arms It is our pleasure to die because of you To die for the country is to live All of us Jicabwaïs For our country we pray In our flag we put faith.

Dance
Our kind of dance is very special and unique. Its a mixture between different dance styles. Its artistic and has moral sensibilities. With staolla music its makes the perfect combination. .

Architecture
The houses and the roads are made in a way to be protected from volcanoes and votiquackes, and they are both far away from the crater. The houses are round, composed from one floor only, and made by lava rocks ( the cooled lava). And they’re far from each other (at least 250 meters between a house and the other). The roads are made from bricks, and have sprinklers in case the lava reaches them.