Notes from Sandrenno of Ferania (Reiassan Demifiction)
Notes from Sandrenno of Ferania, Bitrani Ambassador to Lannamer in ~725 R - the paper has been chewed at, leaving us only some of his thoughts.
As found in the Lannamer Museum under "Bitrani and Calenyena Relations."
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does not grow here with the ease that it grows at home, and thus they must find substitutes, poor as they are. I recommend any posted here to have a strong stomach and an iron constitution, or one will soon grow sick of parsnips and parsnips.
Their sweets, however - and they love sweets - are a curious and yet delicious [text obscured].
In short, be prepared and bring a supply of edible food with you.
Clothing
These people but an almost-superstitious amount of weight on their clothing, and thus, any ambassador here will have to pay close attention to every piece of garb they wear, no matter how it goes against the grain of our plain Bitrani souls.
And yet, even paying attention, we will stand out - they care which side your tunic is buttoned on, where we wear ours buttoned down the center. They care what colors are showing - or how many, or in what order.
Showing, you ask? Yes. They wear layer after layer after layer here - needed in their winters, but I do not know how they handle it in summer - and the fancier the dress, the more wealthy the person, the more the lower layers show and the more elaborate they are.
In addition to the tunics themselves, the accessories speak their own language. To begin with, there are bracelets that their "Bevvai" wear (nobody will explain to me what a "Bevvai" is), bangles that appear to lock on, patterned in the gods' colors and run through with more sira than any piece of jewelry [text obscured]
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As found in the Lannamer Museum under "Bitrani and Calenyena Relations."
[text obscured]
does not grow here with the ease that it grows at home, and thus they must find substitutes, poor as they are. I recommend any posted here to have a strong stomach and an iron constitution, or one will soon grow sick of parsnips and parsnips.
Their sweets, however - and they love sweets - are a curious and yet delicious [text obscured].
In short, be prepared and bring a supply of edible food with you.
Clothing
These people but an almost-superstitious amount of weight on their clothing, and thus, any ambassador here will have to pay close attention to every piece of garb they wear, no matter how it goes against the grain of our plain Bitrani souls.
And yet, even paying attention, we will stand out - they care which side your tunic is buttoned on, where we wear ours buttoned down the center. They care what colors are showing - or how many, or in what order.
Showing, you ask? Yes. They wear layer after layer after layer here - needed in their winters, but I do not know how they handle it in summer - and the fancier the dress, the more wealthy the person, the more the lower layers show and the more elaborate they are.
In addition to the tunics themselves, the accessories speak their own language. To begin with, there are bracelets that their "Bevvai" wear (nobody will explain to me what a "Bevvai" is), bangles that appear to lock on, patterned in the gods' colors and run through with more sira than any piece of jewelry [text obscured]
This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/775000.html. You can comment here or there.