Balachatos culture

History of Balachatos
Day 1 : The first Balachatosfos landed and discovered that they are near the sea.

Day 2 : A strange animal attacked them and killed one of them; so they started to be careful from that animal. They also discovered a plant, laka (rice). It had a really nice taste.

Day 3-15 : They climbed on the mountain and discovered it and they had to return to the planes due to the cold weather. From now on they named the country Balachatos because it is between water and mountain and they started to discover new plants with different tastes. They also created many weapons to defend themselves against wild animals and they discovered how to make fire and they used it to bake killed animals' meat. When it started to tosma (rain), they invented the chyos exazosse (wooden houses). And slowly slowly, the territory became bigger and the population increased.

Caren Haddad (talk) 14:55, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Language
In Balachatos, bachto (language) has only one grammar rule : when we want the plural of word, we add exa- before it.

Maria Kassas (talk) 08:13, 31 December 2014 (EST)

History
When the Balachatosfos first arrived to the planet, there was a man, Sotla, who had a special power with nature. He always knew that he could communicate with all sort nature things but specially exatoska (clouds). He was always meditating and he started pretending that he could talk to exatoska. First, no one believed him but he insisted that exatoska could actually talk. The entire group considered him as the idiot guy who is hallucinating. But then, one carbaros (day), the entire group was reunited, and suddenly everyone saw someone standing in the middle: no one could recognize him; he was so weird, he looked like he was made of bala (water). This “thing” started talking: "I am a toska and I was always communicating with Sotla but no one believed him, so I’ve decided to come in person and talk to you. You should stop disrespecting the nature and start giving more importance to the bala because exatoska are made purely from it. To protect you, we prefer that you don’t go out when the sky is clear blue. It is better to come out when there is exatoska or tosma (rain). This way the exatoska and I could keep you safe. In addition we may want to communicate with you, and when we do, it is going to tosma. When this phenomenon happens, just run with your family to the ocean and I, Balama, am going to come again and talk to you. I will only appear if you splash each others with bala, this act will show me how much you guys care.” And suddenly, Balama disappeared without leaving any trace behind him.

Carla Daccache (talk) 11:23, 7 November 2014 (EST)

Rules
Many exasybo (years) have passed and Balama kept on coming and he was always advising Balachatosfos by explaining to them how the exatoska work, how they communicate with people, how they can help them, how they can hurt them etc… Finally, the rules of mazos (the religion) turned out to be:
 * On a clear carbaros (day) no one can come out or look at the sky, it's too dangerous and too risky.
 * On a cloudy carbaros every one can go out. It's safe, the exatoska are watching them.
 * A rainy carbaros is a mark that Balama is coming, every one runs at the ocean and splash other balachatosfos. This way Balama will appear and talk to them.
 * When the balachatosfos see the form of a human in the exatoska, they don't drink, they don't eat or go into bala. They must show respect and just look at that special toska.
 * Balama sometimes talks to Balachatosfos who have special connection with nature, these people decide to live at the top of the mountains, so they can be close to the exatoska that will help them with their meditations.

Jad Abou Jaoude (talk) 11:26, 8 November 2014 (EST)

Architecture

 * Exazosse (houses) are made of chyos (wood).
 * In each zosse there's a pound of bala that fills up with tosma in the middle.
 * Above the pound there is an opening in the roof to admire the exatoska everyday, providing tosma bala to the pound.
 * The pound is not to be filled up with bala manually but only with the bala coming by the exatoska from the opening and it is believed that curses happen when the pound is empty.
 * The zosse is roundly shaped, empty in the middle for the pound.
 * On the entrance door horns of animals are placed as a sign of strength ,the bigger the horns, the more the zosse is respected and considered strong.

Hadi Ghobril (talk) 05:25, 22 November 2014 (EST)

Dating System
There are five exacarbaros (days) in the nato (week): Naros, Laros, Karos, Rosma and Charos. The carbaros Rosma is the relaxing carbaros for the Balachatosfos, they do not work this carbaros and they pass their tosyos (time) mazas (praying) or staying at home.

In Balachatos, each tozas (month) has three exanato (fifteen exacarbaros), and each sybo has ten exatozas (thirty exanato, one hundred and fifty exacarbaros) which are: Toma, Tona, Toba, Tola, Toka, Mato, Nalto, Bato, Lato and Kato.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 13:48, 24 November 2014 (EST)

Politics
The first carbaros of each sybo, balachatosfos meet and each one of them holds a bozis(strawberry), symbol of the heart of the country due to its shape. Then, the person who wants to be the losto (chief) has to draw on the chyos Balama, and after that, every citizen puts his bozis in the basket of the one they think made the best representation. At the end of the exazisse(elections) the one with the highest number of exabozis in his basket is named losto and is given a syto(necklace) with all the exabozis he won. The longer is the syto, the bigger is his power. And this losto chooses between the people who voted for him a religious man to help him communicate with exatoska. These exazisse are made once a sybo.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 13:48, 24 November 2014 (EST)

Good luck charms
If you see a heart in the shapes of the exatoska, you will be loved by all the people you love. If you give bala to poor people, you will be rewarded by Balama.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 07:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Bad luck charms
If you break a bibo(cup) of bala, you will die in 3 exasybo. If you see a monster in the shapes of the exatoska, someone you love will die within 24 hours. If you waste a lot of bala without using it properly, you will be punished by Balama and will lose all the things and people you love.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 07:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Gestures
Touching ears with hands : Salutations

Kiss on the right shoulder : I like you

Kiss on the left shoulder : I love you

Touching backs : Insult

First and fifth fingers : I agree

Second, third and fourth fingers : I disagree

Kiss on the forehead : Will you marry me ?

Tap on the nose : Yes

Tap on the mouth : No

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 07:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Weddings
When one of the lovers proposes in marriage the other one and the answer is yes, the woman has to take two exabibo of bala and give one of them to the man's father and the other one to his mother. If they both drink all the bala, it means that they approve the marriage. Then the two lovers go to the top of the mountain and one of the religious men will pray for them, and, after that, two small exatoska will appear above their heads, it means that Balama has accepted to marry them.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 07:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Music
Vosna (music) in Balachatos is based on bala, and the oldest musical instrument is the Bala-exaBibo and it is the simplest musical instrument in Balachatos. To make it, you have to dispose 10 exaBibo (cups) of bala, one next to the other, and fill them with different levels of bala. Then you take a small sharpened piece of chyos and you tap it on the top of any bibo. The different sounds made by the exabibo make a very relaxing vosna if you play them in a correct order.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 07:23, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Balaka
This traditional meal is composed by a lot of laka (rice) and bala mixed with some exabebo (onions) and ziska (origano). Also, there is some yosto (oil) to give a better taste.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 12:18, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Lakabo
This desert contains some laka and kabo (sugar) in sotzas (milk). This desert is served in a bibo, and on the top of it some exatoma (fruits) to give a juicy and delicious taste.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 12:18, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Costumes

 * On weddings, the two lovers wear a shirt with blue and white stripes(colors of bala and exatoska); the girl wears a long blue skirt and the boy wears blue pants.


 * When someone disrespects the exatoska, he has to wear an ugly thing on his head for one carbaros.
 * On the carbaros Rosma, balachatosfos wear a blue hat and a white bracelet.



Yara Gebran (talk) 16:24, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Dance
On a clear carbaros the balachatosfos can't go out, so they stay at home. That's why they wosbe (dance). This wosbe is very special to them and they can repeat it a million and a million exatosyos (times) without being tired because they have a purpose. They shouldn't smile while they wosbe because it's a sad carbaros. They look at the sky with their sad faces to express this sadness. They run in their exazosse one tosyos because it's the only carbaros they have to stay at home, so they should see everything in their exazosse. The balachatosfos raise their hands toward the sky to mazas (pray) and talk to the exatoska to come over.

Maya Hussein (talk) 08:24, 31 December 2014 (EST)

Food
In Balachatos, people usually eat a lot of watermelon because this toma contains big quantity of bala. In addition to that, they eat white and soft toswos (food) because exatoska are white and soft. Usually Balachatosfos eat thrice everyday, two meals and one dessert. Exasebo (babies) between 0 and 3 exasybo old should drink at least three exabibo of bala with every meal because bala is essential to exasebo 's growing due to its richness in nutriments that insure a good health.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 11:13, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Drawing
Balachatosfos are very talented in sysi (drawing). They specifically draw beautiful landscapes when the sky is full of exatoska. Exatoska are drawn perfectly without having to change their forms. Balachatosfos draw with excellence without missing any detail. That’s why there’s a big competition while electing the losto of the country.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Creativity
Every balachatosfos sees a shape in the exatoska in a different way than others and is able to create a different meaning for each toska. That’s why Balachatosfos have a big chtos (creativity) and can see many symbols in anything.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Swimming
Bala is very important in the mazos of Balachatos; that’s why every balachatosfos learns to swim from his youngest age and becomes an athlete when he will be an adult. This is the reason that explains the botse (talent) of sibala (swimming) of Balachatosfos.

Marc Mendelek (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Weapons
At the beginning, Balachatosfos only had chyos stakes to defend themselves against wild animals. Slowly slowly, the weapons evolved and balachatosfos started to use small catapults with rocks. A few exasybo(years) after that, they finally created bows and arrows and this weapon is the most effective one up till now.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 16:08, 30 December 2014 (EST)

Balaros
In Balachatos, the most famous machine is the balaros, and bala makes it work. There is a place you have to put the bala, and after that, you have to wait a few seconds and exatoska start to come out of the balaros ! This machine is usually used in weddings.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 03:23, 31 December 2014 (EST)

Balakaros
Balakaros (water measure) needs electricity to work, and it is generally used for medical reasons. This machine lets you know how much bala you have in your body and how much you still have to drink today; and it only requires your fingerprints and some of your saliva. Balakaros helps to prevent from dehydration, and specially for exasebo.

Fouad Noujeim (talk) 03:23, 31 December 2014 (EST)