Gunni

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One of the three dominant cultures/religions vying for supremacy in Taglios, along with the Shadar and Vedhna. The Gunni are the most widespread and numerous. Physically, Gunni are small and dark but not black. Gunni men wear toga-like robes, weather permitting. Their bright mix of colors declare caste, cult, and professional alliances. Women, too, dress brightly, but in several layers of wraparound cloth. They veil their faces if unmarried, though marriages are made early. They wear their dowries as jewelry. Before they go out they illustrate their foreheads with the caste/cult/professional markings of both their husbands and their fathers. Gunni are vegetarians. Its most important holiday is Druga Pavi, which is the biggest holiday celebrated in Taglios.

The faith seems not unlike Hinduism; there is a wide array of deities, many of whom overlap with the Shadar. Gunni believe in a karmic "wheel of life", with souls being reincarnated and purified until they reach a point where they can reunify with the cosmos.