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The community is notable for their practice of food sharing, a form of food distribution where one or several people catch the food and share with the entire community. | The community is notable for their practice of food sharing, a form of food distribution where one or several people catch the food and share with the entire community. | ||
To the people of the Li'gon, foods as well as other objects associated with hunting, fishing, and gathering are more or less communal property, belonging not to individuals but to the community as large. Food is not meant to be saved for the family who has hunted, fished, gathered, or purchased it, but instead for anyone who is in need of it. In fact, the people of the Li'gon often consider asking for food to be poor manners, as the fact that it is communal is meant to be unspoken, and assuming otherwise can be taken as an offense, though they tend to be patient and kind with outsiders who make this mistake. | To the people of the Li'gon, foods as well as other objects associated with hunting, fishing, and gathering are more or less communal property, belonging not to individuals but to the community as large. Food is not meant to be saved for the family who has hunted, fished, gathered, or purchased it, but instead for anyone who is in need of it. In fact, the people of the Li'gon often consider asking for food to be poor manners, as the fact that it is communal is meant to be unspoken, and assuming otherwise can be taken as an offense, though they tend to be patient and kind with outsiders who make this mistake. | ||
Once their food stores reach a certain level of security, the Twice-Departed gift any excess to their Belaul neighbors. |
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