Rooster Nation

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  Having their settlements so limited by the coasts encompassing them, most societarian ethnicities in the Haan Archipelago are closely tied to the island that saw their birth.
The biggest exception to the rule is an extensive diaspora of feathery societarians simply known as the Roosters, the Galliformes, the Fowls and similar names referring to the group if phenotypes they share.   The Roosters lack a physical country, cities or states of their own and are instead distributed through every Trade Isle of the archipelago. It is entirely made of people from phenotypes related to the "land fowl" group, such as chickens, pheasants, quails and grouse.  

Demography

 

Social Groups and Norms

The Roosters group themselves in "Clans", tight but extensive family groups united under colourful textile design they utilize in banners and clothings to identify themselves.   New clans are only formed if a member of a clan decides to abandon theirs due to extreme differences, egregious circumstances or, less commonly, if a fowl person that was raised in a different culture decides to join the diaspora. Clan names are arbitrarily chosen by its founder without following specific conventions and change only slowly and sporadically.  

Naming

All names of the Galliform people are unique and gender-neutral. They are formed by a combination of names from both parents, without particular preference or rules as to the length or shape of the name, though respecting the order in which the syllables of the source names were.
Successive siblings of the same couple will be named in the same way, remixing the parents name in some different way. In that way, the children of Eldim and Gastion may be named Gaseld, Eldion and Eltion  

Diplomacy

 

Genders and Social Roles

 

Clothing

Galliforms traditionally use skirts or loincloths with the colours and designs of their clans, often without any trousers or leggings underneath as to avoid getting in the way of the male's spurs. In cold climates, spurred males may wrap their legs in many layers of thick fur skirts or specialized trousers with long cuts through the middle that they then fold and button down lenghtwise.
Women dress in much more muted designs and clothing than men, and all genders often wear no clothing pieces on their chest if the climate permits it.  

Dagger Dance!

Perhaps the most famous tradition of the Galliforms is a ritualistic form of dance or duel known as Kifeé Dance, in which two people holding a special dagger of the same name in each hand will "dance" around each other wielding their daggers and spurs fast and close to their opponent, and using their tails to both defend themselves and try to confuse and obscure the vision of their opponent.   This dangerous art is used as a demonstration of skill, as a dance and sometimes as a martial art or even a way to solve disputes between individuals.