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    The document describes the rituals of the Singki Nomads, a group of nomadic people in Thera. [1] The rituals involve specialized equipment used to commune with totem spirits through feats of skill, bravery, and endurance. [2] They consider the rituals to be spiritual practices that can bring them closer to their totem spirits. [3] Outsiders are initially unwelcome but can become accepted if they dedicate years to learning the rituals.

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    The document describes the rituals of the Singki Nomads, a group of nomadic people in Thera. [1] The rituals involve specialized equipment used to commune with totem spirits through feats of skill, bravery, and endurance. [2] They consider the rituals to be spiritual practices that can bring them closer to their totem spirits. [3] Outsiders are initially unwelcome but can become accepted if they dedicate years to learning the rituals.

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    The challenge for my first English 101 project was to describe a normal activity in an unusual way.

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    The document describes the rituals of the Singki Nomads, a group of nomadic people in Thera. [1] The rituals involve specialized equipment used to commune with totem spirits through feats of skill, bravery, and endurance. [2] They consider the rituals to be spiritual practices that can bring them closer to their totem spirits. [3] Outsiders are initially unwelcome but can become accepted if they dedicate years to learning the rituals.

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    Singki Nomads - Final Draft

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    The document describes the rituals of the Singki Nomads, a group of nomadic people in Thera. [1] The rituals involve specialized equipment used to commune with totem spirits through feats of skill, bravery, and endurance. [2] They consider the rituals to be spiritual practices that can bring them closer to their totem spirits. [3] Outsiders are initially unwelcome but can become accepted if they dedicate years to learning the rituals.

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    Rituals of the Singki Nomads of Thera.

    - by J.S. Eldridge, Jr. -

    "The Singki Nomad trades security for exhilaration, the future for the moment.  Considering how

    hollow the promise of a normal Theraen career has become, who can say the Singki Nomad is

    not the wiser investor in his or her youth?" - Author Unknown

    The Singki Nomad rituals can seem extraordinary to the unfamiliar. Many who have

    gathered to witness these rituals have often left in wonder at some of the feats of skill and

    bravery the nomads can achieve. After 8 years of immersive study, cohabitation, and often

    painful repetition of their rites, I came to find the spiritual center inside the often rough exterior

    of these reclusive Theraens. Many of the Singki Nomads believe that their rituals are spiritual,

    and can bring you closer to the energy of their chosen totem spirit.

    The Singki Nomads originally developed their specialized equipment as a mode of

    transportation through mountainous terrain in the harsh winter months of the Theraen cycle, but

    over time have developed them into a means to commune with a totem spirit of their choosing.

    The process of this communing can be simplistic or incredibly complex, with each of the Singki

    Nomads in accord with his/her own totem spirit. The rapture that these rituals can bring seems

    beyond the reach of most Theraen society. This makes the nomads very protective of their

    sacred rites and many of them can be unwelcoming to outsiders. No matter where the ritual

    grounds are located, all Singki Nomads base their rites out of a shared doleg that provides food,

    rest, and shelter. The doleg is also used as a retreat after a long day of performing rites, and

    often hold celebrations to honor special days of the year, and injured comrades. Those living

    closest to the doleg are considered socall and are given the highest respect.

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    The people that perform these rites come from a broad variety of circumstances, but most

    of the Singki Nomads of Thera have little in the way of wealth or luxury. The common belief

    among them seems to be that of an exchange between economic stability and sublime freedom.

    Many of the nomads live for the moment and spend their time traveling to one ritual ground after

    another, endlessly searching for the perfect union with their totem spirit. The typical citizens of

    Thera, obsessed with an empty world of money, status, and power usually don't understand this

    way of life, and consider the Singki Nomad to be irresponsible and wasteful of his/her youth;

    although all are duly impressed with the spectacular feats some of the nomads can achieve.

    Whatever it may seem to most outsiders, the Singki Nomads appear to be far richer in terms of

    day-to-day excitement, a fully-lived experience, and enormous love for family and friends. The

    Singki Nomads of Thera have an underlying belief that through trial and error, punishment and

    pain, perseverance and enormous fortitude, they can learn to fly.

    While the most rugged of the Singki Nomads, the socall, live close to the communal

    doleg, the majority of the Singki Nomads have to travel to the most desired locations. The

    prevalent means of travel is a device called the Baruus, a durable vehicle meant to handle the

    harsh journey to the often remote ritual areas. Some of the Singki Nomads even attempt to catch

    a ride on a passing Baruus by advertising their need with hand gestures as it goes by. This

    usually doesn't take very long as the typical Singki Nomad tends to have a strong sense of

    family, and strive to support their own. Once the nomad reaches the doleg they begin the long

    process of equipping themselves to insulate against the bitter cold they must face in order to

    perform their chosen rites. Once they have finished with their insulating layers, the Singki

    Nomad then collects the rest of his equipment and heads out to the silft, a device that carries the

    nomad towards his/her chosen ritual location. Using the silft alone can be hazardous and can

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    often lead to embarrassing, if not painful encounters to those unused to riding them. However, if

    you are willing to brave the treacherous silft it will bring you to the ritual grounds of the Singki

    Nomad, and to a world of wonder.

    Beginners to the Singki Nomad rituals often find them painful, and many give up before

    long. They derive the most scorn from the nomads, as these durable people combine a reverence

    for the pull of gravity with an immense respect for physical prowess, endurance, and great

    willpower. Those who persevere and dedicate the years required to gain a moderate level of

    ability are allowed a grudging indifference, while those that have enough talent can find a totem

    spirit of their own and touch a piece of the nirvana to be found through these rituals. Some

    cannot give voice to the feelings inspired by these rites, while others describe it as a sense of

    flying, and will throw themselves off of amazing heights to supplement this belief. The nomads

    able to perform the most daring of these rites find themselves to be highly desired by socall of

    both genders, but the males seem to be far less discerning than the females.

    The reclusion that the Singki Nomads choose for their lifestyle can be daunting to some,

    but a willingness to live in remote locations and an iron determination can earn their trust.

    Outsiders can become socall and are treated as family, if their desire is strong enough to

    persevere through the often painful first few days of learning the most basic techniques required

    of these rituals. Performing the rites properly takes years of dedication, practice, and great

    fortitude. With enough time, courage, and endurance anyone can feel the exhilaration of flying

    by performing the Singki Nomad Rituals.

    "Gravity is Love, and every turn is a leap of faith." - Author Unknown

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