Gaghapvôna

**Gaghapvôna** is a nation on the west coast of the oriental continent, it's citizens are called, in the singular, Ka and, in the plural, Gagha.

## Language

**Gagharadha** is the language spoken by the Gagha people. It’s word order is VSO with a exclusively CV syllable structure, with very few allophones, which are the following:

1. /p/ and /b/ > /β/ between vowels
2. /t/ and /d/ > /ð̠/ between vowels
3. /k/ and /g/ > /ɣ/ between vowels

## Second Language

Ralj (Tebru's main language) was adopted as a trade language, mainly because they were the first outsider to contact Gaghapvôna. At first the Gameradhis didn't accept to trade with the foreigners, but the rôgha managed to convince them, although it still causes some tension between them and the capital.

## Kapvighapvôna

Kapvighapvôna is the capital  of Gaghapvôna and it’s largest settlement. In mythology, it’s considered the birthplace of the Gagha. It’s name is derived from “Kapvigha” and “Pôna”, being translated to “Land of spirits”.

## Kapvigharasha

Kapvigharasha is the traditional religion of the Gagha and the only accepted. It’s a animist religion, it’s followers don’t follow any god in specific, instead believing in the concept of Shajo (Lit. Life energy), the energy of life, which manifests in every living being, and the concept of Kapvigha, spirits, what remains of the Shajo of dead humans, they are considered protectors of the Gagha, being personally worshiped by their descendants.

## Karasha

Karasha is the name given to an orally transmitted set of rules and customs of the Gagha. It gives major focus on blood connections and the veneration of ancestors. It also estates the obligatory use of a raghughari, a family symbol, which may be worn according to the user’s preferences.

## Tecnology

* Animal Taming - 23/09/2021

A ambitious pighusha writer decided to include animals in their pighusha, this led to a trend of taming animals, which expanded to other sectors of life in Gaghapvôna. Soon, **Animal Taming** became part of the way of life in Gaghapvôna.

## Traditions

### Gughakapvighadhi

The day of family’s spirits, is a day dedicated to the veneration of ancestors and past acts of glory, which are reenacted in pighusha form.

## Pighusha

Pighusha is the practice of reenacting local legends and stories, the most famous examples of pighusha are “Kapvigharadha” and “Tohapvigha pighusha”, which can be translated, respectively, to “Spirit’s language” and “Frog’s pighusha”. The first one tells the story of a young man who could speak with the dead and the second is a tale about the changes that occur through our life being represented by the life of a frog.

## Kari

Kari is the practice of carving faces into wood, there are two main styles, the Shakari style and the Pighukari style.

### Shakari Style

The Shakari style focuses on more realistic faces, being commonly used by historians and as a method to create raghughari.

### Pighukari style

The Pighukari style is more abstract, carving faces with more unrealistic and stylized proportions, it's commonly used in pighusha.

## Government

The government of Gaghapvôna is very decentralised, due to it’s recent sedentarization. Local affairs are normally decided by the village’s elders in a reunion called “Gameradhi”, which is realized once in 10 days. While affairs concerning the capital or the nation are organized by the “Rôgha”, a sort of king. This role is passed in a rotatory way through 3 different families, the Sighagha, the Rôshadha and the Toraghugha, in this order. The current rôgha is a Sighagha, he is young and desires to know more about outside of Gaghapvôna, being more open-minded to different views than his predecessors.

## Prejudice

The regular ka defends crusades as a valid way of converting people to it’s way of life, viewing this as a kind action, demonizing those who refuse to convert, although this has been changing, at least in the capital area. due to the actions of the rôgha. The inhabitants of the capital have some prejudice agaisnt the inhabitants of outer areas of Gaghapvôna, considering them savages and untrustworthy, while inhabitants of outer areas consider capital citizens submissive, due to them being ruled by a rôgha instead of a gameradhi (Outer gagha aren’t very loyal to the rôgha, prefering to follow their gameradhis).

## Symbols

There isn’t a fixed flag of Gaghapvôna, instead, the nation is represented by the current ruling family’s raghughari, which are the following:

* Sighagha: The skull of the first patriarch of the family.
* Rôshada: The face of the first rôgha to come from this family carved into wood in the Pighukari style.
* Toraghugha: A sword with the patriarch's face carved in it's handle in the Shakari style.