Yupik and Lisu have merged!

[Sam]

You are now officially a new tribe of 9.


This is your new campsite. Tomorrow or Sunday I'll move away the old one, so if there's anything in there you need to copy over please do.


Also tomorrow I'll do some more housekeeping junk.

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Most importantly... We need a new tribe name!!!


Two things:

1) Nothing lame like in the TV Survivor where they just smoosh together the two names and call that a name. We need more name types like Soliantu and Rattana and Alinta and less names like "Chuay Jai," "Xhakum," and I don't remember the others but I know they were lame. #emot-bandwagon#


2) If you wanted to be thematic, you could go with the "ethnic group" theme. =) Maybe choose a name that sounds cool and also has an interesting tribal group. I got my list from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups and here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples . OR you can choose historical groups of people - old countries or nations that once existed but no longer do.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_peoples

Also choose a tribe color.

[Matt D.]

darn.. my hopes for the "Lupik" tribe.. dashed just like that. =P

[Lynne]

firstly yay for merger!! welcome to the new big tribe *g*

secondly since our joint terrain looks more like europe than anything else, why not use a name from that area? Basque, Sami, Komi, Vepses, Izhorians, Ingrians, Nenets

i'm particular to izhorians, the russians *g*

[Kevin W.]

I thought this one was cool:

Bajau- Sea Gypsies of Borneo; touch land only to bury their dead

I am pretty partial to Lynne's suggestions though. We need something mean, that will scare the other tribe away. Something...Viking-ish!

[Chuck]

I like Bajau actually at least the meaning behind it.

Congrats on the merge everyone.

[Lexie]

Bajau sounds good to me, or maybe Sami from Lynne's suggestions for ultimate ass-kissing appeal.

And congrats to everyone on making the first merge! Now lets kick some major ass together.

[Will]

three cheers for merging! congrats to all.

i like the meaning behind Bajau too a lot. although there's this one too called "Batak" that you might want to take a look at. i like it because they have a reputation for being fierce warriors and because it sounds like "attack" LOL.

Batak: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_%28Indonesia%29

anyways, lets take these bitches to the cleaners, baby!!!!!

[Ryan]

Hmm, Batak has quite an ass-kicking ring to it. I think it's getting my vote.

I like Bajau, but I don't like the possibility for ambiguous pronounciation. Is it Ba-jow or Ba-how?

[Matt D.]

I like Bajau. It's easy to type. You don't really have to worry about pronouncing it in this game as much as typing it right? lol

Batak is okay too but it sounds less "survivor tribe-ish." but either is fine really.

[Kevin W.]

I said it Ba-zhow.

[Eric B.]

Me likey Bajau!

Lots of different ways to pronounce it, so it's fun to say.

[Kevin W.]

About our competitors:

The Xavante (also Shavante, Chavante, Akuen, A'uwe, Akwe, Awen, or Akwen) are an indigenous people, comprised of some 9,600 individuals (2000 est.) within the territory of eastern Mato Grosso state in Brazil. They speak the Xavante language, part of the Jé language family.

They were enslaved in the 17th century, after which they have tried to avoid contact. A temporary coexistence with westernized society in the 19th century in the state of Goiás, was followed by withdrawal to Mato Grosso. They were re-"discovered" during the 1930s. From 1946 to 1957, they were brought under dictator Getúlio Vargas’s National Integration Program, and experienced massacres and disease. Due to this history, they have a distrust of White men. Today they are still wary of any approach of non-Xavante, called "waradzu".

The people are renowned as aggressive and prideful. They may be most famous for their dualistic societal structure. Two clans, the Âwawẽ and Po'reza'õno comprise the culture, and marriage is not allowed between members of the same clan. An example of inter-clan relationships are the traditional log races, where the two clans compete in a race to carry palm tree trunks weighing as much as 80 kg to a defined point.

The Xavante are also known for their complex initiation rituals for young males, such as when small wooden sticks are inserted in the earlobes at the age of fourteen. As time passes, the size of these adornments is increased for the rest of their lives.

*YAWN* Boring!

[Kevin W.]

About us:

The Bajau are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia. the Philippines and parts of Sarawak. They are the second largest ethnic group in Sabah, making up 13.2% of the total population of the state. They were sometimes referred to as the Sea Gypsies, although the term has been used to encompass a number of non-related ethnic groups with similar traditional lifestyles. The Bajau of Indonesia live primarily on the islands and in the coastal districts of Sulawesi. The outward spread of the Bajau seems to have been associated with the development of sea trade in trepang.

Like the term Kadazan-dusun, the term Bajau is a collective, used to describe several closely related indigenous groups. The many Bajau sub-groups vary culturally and linguistically, but are unified through their Sunni Islam religion of the Shafi'i school. Claims to religious piety and learning are an important source of individual prestige, and salip (descendants of the Prophet Mohammed) are shown special honour. Because of their nomadic lifestyle, some of the Bajau lack mosques and must rely on the shore-based communities. Among the boat-dwellers in particular, community spirit mediums are consulted at least once a year for a public s¨¦ance and nightly trance dancing. In times of epidemics, the mediums are also called upon to remove illness causing spirits from the community. They do this by setting a "spirit boat" adrift in the open sea beyond the village or anchorage.

For most of their history, the Bajau have been a nomadic, seafaring people, living off the sea by trading and subsistence fishing. The boat dwelling Bajau see themselves as non-aggressive people.¡¡They kept close to shore by erecting houses on stilts, and traveled using lepa-lepa, a handmade boat which many lived in. They are thought to have originated from the Philippines-Sulawesi coasts (although Bajau legends state that they originated from members of the royal guard of the Sultan of Johor who settled along the east coast of Borneo after being driven there by storms.

Many Bajaus of the east coast retain their seaborne lifestyle, together with remnants of traditional pre-Islamic beliefs. An example of this is the offering of thanks to the Omboh Dilaut, the God of the Sea, whenever a particularly large catch is brought in. The east coast Bajau are also famous for the annual Semporna Regatta.

However, many Bajau have now chosen to leave behind their seafaring ways, and live entirely on land. They are primarily found on the west coast of Borneo around the Kota Kinabalu to Kota Belud areas. The west coast Bajau took to farming and cattle-rearing for a living, and have the nickname of ¡°Cowboys of the East¡±, in tribute to their equestrian skills. Kota Belud has an annual Tamu Besar festival where the much-touted horsemanship of the Bajau is on display.

The Bajau people are also well known for weaving and needlework skills.

Here's hoping we will never have to bury any of our dead on land and stay on the ocean blue forever!

[Ryan]

Sounds fine to me. Let's go for Bajau.