Valroni culture

Valroni culture refers to the culture of Valron, which is primarily a mix of Viodoxan culture and foreign influences, stemming from Viodoxan Hanzeizh roots and later fusing with other foreign cultures as people immigrated to the area (notable examples are Aurlunoren and Ryzani). It is rare to find a Valroni whose parents were born in Valron or heritage fully Valroni.

Identity
From the foundation of Valron to the Great Migrations of Valronis back to Valron, the government seperated the people from Lord, High Council, Dyntoi and Commoner. Though in the Autumn of 165 TE, the High Council and Lord Mel decided to make a 6 tier hierarchy starting from Lord, National Assembly, Bourgeois, Artisans, Peasants, Slumsmen and a out of tier group known as the Mandatory Volunteer Workers

Valron's major ethnic group, the Valroni's can be found around the 25% of IAU, 100% of Kingdom of Valron (of course, this is wear its from), >1% of Aurlunor and >1% of Yimmu-Audal, making them a small minority of the world population.

The reason why most of Valronis follow Valroni culture is that most non-Valronis in Valron were assimilated into Valroni culture, though some kept roots of their culture and language. At the same time some non-Valroni culture went in to Valroni culture, like how Ryzani culture had a profound impact on Valroni culture.

Clothing
Valroni people having both summer and winter, have seperate clothings for each. Summer clothing is usually made of silk as it is a light fabric designed to cool the body. Clothing usually a mix of blue, white and gold. pants and dresses usually brown or grey. Women usually have blue diamond embroidery sown at the end of their sleeves with golden tips with a belt made of a mix of leather and iron. In Summer, males usually wear pants and boots if they are going out. Though fashion for male labourers is much different, as they wear a tank top and some trousers, usually made of hemp and paired with a bamboo hat. Valroni clothing has to be cooling as the lowlands of Valron (Valron City, Krigor and Kalai Bali) are usually scorching hot (even going up to 57 degrees celsius) for this silk is used to keep a person cool. In the highlands however they have to be warm as the highlands are known for being very cold.

Cuisine
Main article: Valroni cuisine

Tea culture
Tea is a staple drink in Valron.

Artisanal Teapot making
Valroni artisans are extremely skilled at making teapots using a clay that contains a iron oxide, kaolin, quartz and mica. They are mixed to create small oxygen bubbles that intensify the flavour of the tea. The resulting clay is called Valroni teapot clay. When tea is poured out of the teapot it creates no splashes and goes out of the spout quick and straight. It also keeps the tea hot in the pot. The teapot also preserves the flavour of the tea, with the tea flavour more intensified. Tea cups called gaiwan are made of normal clay and glazed with a mix of glaze, kaolin, quartz and mica with some colourings and an extra layer of transparent quartz added to further preserve the tea flavour, the gaiwan is sometimes unglazed. Gaiwan is a small bell shaped cup with a saucer the same size as the gaiwan's base that has a small ring to help it stand under it, it has a small lid that helps strain the tea water from the tea leaves, it also fits perfectly on it and touches the side of the cup.

Artisanal Soy Sauce and Miso making
Soy sauce is made by mixing soy (yellow soy or black soy is ok) and wheat flour to ferment using qu, red yeast rice or koji. It then becomes moromi when a salt brine is added and left to ferment for months to years, it has to be mixed using a paddle for most of the time, to filter the sauce from the paste, artisans use cloths to extract the sauce weighed down using a stone and left to drip into a pitcher for a few days. What is left is aged moromi waste, which is used in Valroni cooking to make a savoury tasting flavour that is like a dry form of soy sauce but less salty. Double fermented soy sauce has soybeans and wheat readded and fermented for another few months to yeyars. Soy sauce made by artisans have a slightly sweet flavour from fermentation and can not be achieved using machinery.

Miso is made with the same components as soy sauce without the wheat and also fermented. Tamari, a salty liquid that is a byproduct is also used in Valroni clothing

Painting
Painting is a small facet of Valroni art. Many painters create their own paints, which are sometimes natural, and sometimes artificial.

Paint-making
Paint-making is an artisan job that involves creating paints. Natural paints would include turmeric, annato and gac. Artificial chemicals used in Valroni painting would include copper sulfate, lead nitrate and copper carbonate. Most paints are either alcohol based or oil based. Artists would grind pigments and mix it with oils. This trade is complex as some pigments if milled too fine or course will make a different colour and mixing the oil with the milled pigments are also extremely hard. Artisan made paint is still popular as machinery couldn't mix the paint properly.

Pottery
Pottery in Valron is an important job as it is a complex trade. Clay has to be fine, but not too fine, and a litte course and clay usually contains compounds like iron oxide and others. Valroni potters would make heavily intricate patterns on their unglazed works and glaze heavily intricate patterns if glazed too. Unglazed earthenware has to smooth which is hard to achieve with a slightly course clay.

Earthenware
Earthenware jars and made of a Valroni clay that should be not to fine and a little course. It should be really big, and hold about 60 litres of liquid or 60kg of objects. They can vary in size, but the ones used for fermentation should hold 60 L, with some only holding 500mL, Earthenware can also create other things like pots and cups. This is used over glass as it is cheaper to heat clay.

Barrel-making
Barrel making is an integral craft for the soy sauce and drink industries. They are created with wood. Barrels are not usually made of metal as it doesn't contribute to flavours and aromas made during the fermentation and aging process.

Soy sauce barrels
Soy sauce barrels are usually made of pine or oak. They are put together by weaving strips of bamboo and wrap around the barrel. Bamboo is used as it doesn't corrode when it contacts with sodium or salt. A good barrel should be round and should not make any leaks and should not corrode

Alcohol barrels
Alcohol barrels can be made with a variety of woods and usually have copper wires and the base is made of copper as it gathers heat to boil the brew faster

Umbrella making
Umbrellas are a vital object for Valronis as it rains a lot in Valron. Umbrellas are made from wax paper and bamboo. The frame and handle is made of bamboo with a apparatus to open the umbrella made from bamboo that pushs the frame the wax paper rests on up. The apparatus has sticks of bamboo that hold the frame. The canopy is made of wax paper that is sometimes has something painted on it. It is very heavy, weighting around 2.5kg. The frame has hinges that open the umbrella with supports that are pushed up with the apparatus that hold the frame.

Music
An integral part of Valroni music is strings.

Steam powered machines
Steam is the main source of power in Valroni machines. Most machines having turbines. These are mainly used to move things like a wheel or mix things like liquids and dough. These still can not be used in paint making as they are not good enough to mix paints as they are usually too fast or too slow and don't mix the paint properly.

Subcultures

 * Tihami culture