In a fast-paced and dynamic world, people of this culture value devoting their time in tasks that help bring spirituality and well-being to one and those around around them. One particular cultural practice involves manifesting power and self-fulfilment within one in various, unique ways. When looked at collectively, when the entire cultural group focus their energies in the pursuit of this activity, it brings about a method of recording the zeitgeist, usually making a mark in history. However, not everyone can perform this task. Select humans are born with the ability to carry it out successfully and receive recognition for their doing – if they are lucky. If not, either one of self-satisfaction or public embarrassment ensues.
The sacred ritual must always be performed with the correct equipment ready at hand, though there is leniency on what time of the day this procedure takes place. The select few who can perform this task, especially those participating in the ceremony for a long-period of time, drape themselves in thick yet breathable robes that are usually battered or stained with remnants from previous ceremonies. In tradition, it is believed that the more stained these drapes are, the more wise and experienced the person is.
Although not mandatory, these individuals choose to perform this procedure in solitude. The person is usually faced with a specific species of autotroph, stretched across planks chopped from trees. This forms the base on which the individual begins the procedure. On the side, there is a range of hog hairs that vary in density. The more skilled the individual or the more precision the task needs to have, the wider range of hog-hair lengths utilised.
The aim of the task is to create life onto the stretched surface using the hog hairs. In this culture, the life being created is usually derived from personal ambitions, emotion or reflections about the culture itself. To transmit this energy, natural dyes are used. The oils of juiced mung and soy beans, create a pigmented paste. This viscous paste is perfectly concocted by special alchemists, with precise measurements and ratios corresponding with specific pigments.
Skilled folk use this paste to coat hog hairs and drag it in various dramatic motions across the base ahead of them. Occasionally when the task becomes too overwhelming, the creator may choose to step away from the procedural area and regenerate energy within themselves. This is sometimes imperative because this procedure is both competently and emotionally taxing, requiring the endurance found mainly in experienced individuals. Once the task is complete – the life propagated is caged with translucent walls in grandiose, hollow chambers where all other curated life is preserved. They are placed here to be judged by individuals in the community. As an observer in this culture, it is frowned upon to capture a permanent representation of this product through using reflected mirrors that emit flashes of light. This can decapitate the carefully produced specimen by separating the oils that compose it.
If the final product is successful, the man who conducted the procedure is praised and is usually offered grand gestures and gifts for his contribution to the community. However, if this task is a failure, one could get reprimanded and a spell will be cast that drives one into insanity. In fact many years ago, this insanity drove a man to sever his own ear!
