Yakayu people
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 Two aristocratic Blessed Spring period Yakayu people from the Ondöö dynasty. On the left, a third gender scholar, on the right, a young bride. |
The Yakayu people (Yuren: Ken Yakoo; Taelian: Kön Yakayu) consitute the vast majority ethnic group of Luhan. Originally nomadic peoples, they intermixed with the ancestral Kivic-speaking Riga people early on, creating a mixed culture that propagated across the continent through repeated sedentism events.
Etymology
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Origins
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Culture
While the Yakayu people aren't monolithic and the continent of Luhan has many localised traditions, certain ancestral elements remain widespread. These include:
- Conventions of beauty: the Yakayu place importance in the movement and expressiveness of a person as the primary signifier of beauty. As such, they have devised a makeup culture making use of bold-coloured pigments used on the face and hands to enhance their expressiveness, especially a red pigment derived from the roots of Haemodorum spicatum and nightshades such as kutjera.
- Green as a signifier of wealth: during the Blessed Spring period, a mine rich in platinum and chromium minerals was found in the north of the continent, near the Yuren River. As the only mine of its kind in the entire landmass, anything from it became extremely expensive, which was exacerbated during the following centuries as the mine depleted. Chromium minerals are, in their majority, green. As such, the colour green became associated with nobility and wealth, and became exclusive to the aristocracy in the northern areas of Luhan.