Xero Vegal culture

The "Xero Vegal" culture is one of the most important cultures that are currently settled on Voti Spes, the planet which The ISC (The International Space Committee) targeted in the year of 2038. Scientists of The ISC guarantee that the people embracing the "Xero Vegal" culture, for 443 years (until this very moment), are the descendants of the team of astronauts that were sent to Voti Spes on the 7th of February 2038, in hopes that it would be another planet where humans could actually live.

by Jean-Pierre Khoury

= History and Etymology = From 2038 to 2141, for almost a hundred years, Voti Spes' population had its own traditions, they were all united and they all had the same policy.

It all started when a team of 4 men and 4 women landed on this planet on a mission but lost contact with The Earth. Scientists from The ISC confirm that the rocket had crashed on Voti Spes in 2038 and that they lost one man and a woman. The survivors were lucky that Voti Spes turned out to be a planet where humans could live. The remaining of the team had to build up housings and start searching for food in order to survive.

Due to several sexual relations, the population has grown that traditions, habits, arts, and a RELIGION were created. As a matter of course, a time came when the religions and the beliefs separated the population into several cultures and that is in the year of 2141.

Jeykio Meroon (pronounced: ˈdʒeɪkiːˌoʊ məˈruːn) a wise and philosophic man had always believed in his own way, that he worshiped one God, named God of all stars and he believes that he is the chosen one amongst all the people of Voti Spes. As a philosophic and persuasive man, he spread his belief to many people who have followed him.

That is why, in the year 2141, Jeykio and his people had to transfer to another region because of many rejections to that "religion" of his, and that is what happened. He named his culture Xero Vegal where Xero stands for the "God of All Stars" and Vegal for "the chosen ones", that explains that Xero Vegal means "God of all stars' chosen ones". Jeykio Meroon once declared that the stars, once every 10 years, form a constellation that he named Xero, the god that he worshiped.

Throughout hundreds of years, tradition, habits, arts and many more were invented, that they made out of Xero Vegal a very important culture which still holds the name of Jeykio Meroon (still naming babies after him), and a statue of this great man sculptured on the region's mountain top.

by Jean-Pierre Khoury

= Geographic Area =

Specifications
Xero Vegal is mainly positioned in a montane forest which is distinguished by its cool climate all year long.In fact this climate only provides 2 seasons/year : -The Kryspit :a pretty cool season which combines low rainfall and strong gusts as well as fogs. -The Klypets: a colorful season in which vegetation is at its best. However, this area is located on top of unstable layers and suffers during the Kryspit season from a number of devastating earthquakes which sow fear in the heart of the forest.

Animals
Also, this area hosts a huge number of animals during the ziggs wich provides a great and crucial hunting season.And here's the list of the animals living on this land: -Kestel: a mighty creature feared for its strenght and agility. -Tuhus: a great bird with a breathtaking peep. -Renketie: a tricolor chicken wich provides an outstanding number of eggs. -Avaxeterisis : a wise and lazy white animal marked by two small horns on top of its head. -Hampanes: a sheep's cousin and a precious source of milk. -Lapenxel: an extremly fast animal, close to the rabbit, he can travel a plain in a flash. -Etunlans: crafty and sly, this kind of wolf is widely claimed for its priceless fur.

by Elie Hachem

= Life Style =

Architecture
The vegalians have built since their arrival pyramidal shaped housings out of tronks and leafy branches. The tronks are placed diagonally and the branches placed on top of the house. Surely, it would take too much effort to build these housings but thanks to The Skanvet the vegalians were able to generate enough force to pull a giant tree out of the ground. Plus, the tronks have protected the people many times from various animal attacks such as etulans and kestel packs passing through their villages, and also many earthquakes, so intensive, that if happened on earth, it would shatter and demolish every building down to the ground. But, luckily, the geographic area full of huge thick trees has helped the vegalians through many years from the dangers mentioned above and many more.

by Jean-Pierre Khoury

Traditions
Every ten years when the famous constellation gets formed the tribe gather up in front of the big pyramid to dance and sing praising the goddess of all stars, and at the end there will be big buffet made of traditional food. Our queen must be a lesbian and a virgin so that she can’t have successors, because every time a queen dies a competition takes place to see who will be chosen by the goddess there’s a tree in the middle of the city from which virgins who think they might be chosen will eat, the fruit is poisoned and deadly, the women who survives will be considered as the chosen one and will be elected queen. Every new born baby will get a star tagged on his shoulder; this star will show that he belongs to the Xero Vegal. He will respected as one of us and given all the rights that he deserves, he will be considered a free vegalian. After each earthquake, any building or installation wich was damaged shall be repaired or reconstructed as consistency is our main value. Any discovery or theory maid to help our developement shall be praised and celebrated.

by Jean-Pierre Makhoul

Religion
Once upon a time, a star landed on Xero Vegal's territory. Shortly after, it opened , making us discover a book. This book was sent from The God Of All Stars. It contained all kinds of commandments. He also promised that, if worshiped , he will always protect them and help them.

Every ten years when the famous constellation gets formed the tribe gather up in front of the big pyramid to dance and sing praising the god of all stars.

The religious guide must be the eldest man in Xero Vegal.

In honor to the God of all stars, every new born baby will get a star tagged on his shoulder; this star will show that he belongs to Xero Vegal and he's a Petiklansis.

Everyday at 5AM a Petiklansis must praise his Goddess by saying a prayer with the rest of his family, while their fingers and legs are crossed. The prayer: Oh dear God, our savior, We ask that your blessing be on our meeting. We give praise and thanks for your righteous Laws and decisions and help us to be faithful.

by Maria Mendelek

= Arts and Communication =

Music
The Xero Vegal culture is best known for its unique music where instruments are their nature's elements. The vegalians respect and love their nature so much that they make music out of it; it represents "The nature's melody". And that is, as they believe, the music that the God of All Stars has to hear at the ceremony every ten years (when the constellation happens). This traditional music, called Klassis, is the one played while doing the traditional dance. In addition, they think that the Klassis and the dance will satisfy the God who will grant the chosen people 10 peaceful years until the next constellation.

by Jean-Pierre Khoury

Traditional Dance
A step dance which occurs every ten years to glorify our holy god during the ceremony held on this occasion.

Language
Adehij is what the language is called which the vegalians use to communicate. The alphabet list isn't far different from the latin alphabets but some alphabets were somehow removed. It goes as folows: A D E H I J K L M N O P R S T U V X Y

19 letters

The basic and most used words such as greetings etc. for both female and male:

Hello: onka How are you: hei set ar Good morning: rad kiti Good evening: rad pamo Thank you: mei Welcome: tussi What are you doing?: pad set ar ket? Why?: men How?: hei What?: pad Where?: nekij When?: vepun 1: ehik 2: behik 3: stehik 4: prehik 5: xehik 6: mlehik 7: nsehik 8: depehik 9: oihik 10: ei

The Adehij (the letters a, d, e, h, i and j are the first 6 letters of the alphabet) can be considered as one of the easiest languages to learn but the the hardest to understand. This language actually has no grammar rules so vegalians just throw away the words, and that is the hard part. Only vegalians are able to understand each other that anyone "not vegalian" that learned the adehij would just hear letters being spitted out. They believe that this language is a gift given by the God of All Stars to his chosen people only to speak it.

by Jean-Pierre Khoury

=Xero Vegal'elite members= In every generation that flourishes on this land full of danger and hardly immune of natural disasters, the strongest men gather in one group named the Xero Vegal'elite members. In fact, after the ceremony that occurs each 10 years, 1v1 battles are held to select the men who have the minimum qualifications required to be part of this group whose main goal is to protect the people living on this land and mitigate the impact of the natural disasters. These members earn high respect in the society and are distinguished by a star on their nose.

by Elie Hachem