Lunar Moon (MISC, HTML)

Where does this culture/fantasy race live? Are they stuck in one location or are they dispersed? Do they stay in one location or are they nomadic?

If this is an animal/fantasy race, are they adapted to their habitat? How? Are there any drawbacks/limitations to these adaptations?

Why is this group/culture/species called what it is? Where does the word come from? Is it known under a different name in their language/English? How about in other languages?

Brief (or not so brief) overview of their history as a culture/species (if there is one.) What's their relationship with their neighbours been like historically?

How are people expcted to be postured? Are there any (unconscious) gestures people use to communicate?
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Here Are Some Body Language Cues And Their Meanings

• Prolonged staring - Thinks someone is beautiful.
• Gesture - Description.

Is eye contact important to this culture? Is it something that's always expected or something that's only done in intimate moments? Or is it rude altogether?

What are personal space boundaries like? Are people always hugging and kissing each other or are people more restrained? Are touched ranked in a hierarchy? (IE, you wouldn't kiss your boss but you would kiss a homie.)

Are gestures used often? If the culture/group/species has different limbs to us (IE, wings) how does this affect their gesticulation?
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Here Are Some Gestures And Their Meanings

• Shrug - I don't know.
• Gesture - Description.

Is outwards emotion shown? Or do people bottle things up more? What effect does this have in the culture?

Are Manners super important? Are some more important than others?
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Here Are Some Manner And Their Meanings

• Say "Please" After Request - It's good manners to say please after a request. ("Can you pass me that bottle, please?")
• Manner - Description. Is it good or bad manners to do this?

Is there a huge emphasis on friendship in the culture or is it more individualistic? Do people tend to have a small group of friends or a large group? How do people feel about befriending outsiders to the culture? Is the culture small enough for everyonet to know each other?

What's the leadership culture like? Do people have a boss or are they their own boss? Do their bosses have bosses? Is there a government?

Is beauty super important? What are the beauty standards?
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Here Are Some Things That Are Found Beautiful

• Thing - Is it found attractive on men, women, or both?

How do they measure time? Is it in seconds, hours, days and months like ours? Or is it by time of day (dawn, dusk) and season like in Warrior Cats, for example?

Are your parents important to you? Are your siblings? What about uncles and cousins? How far back in your bloodline do you have to go for family to stop being important?

Do the people have a strong sense of self? If so, what do they define themselves on? If they don't, is it because they're in a defined group within the culture? How does a strong/lack of sense of self affect the culture?

Do people cling to the past? Are people hopeful for the future? How much time is a long time?

What is fairness in this society? Do they believe in a "if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything" attitude or are they more of a "life's not fair, but try anyway" kind of group? What's justice to your culture? Should bad people be locked away? Rehabilitated? Killed? Forced to do the group's dirty work? What kind of punishments are there?

How does your culture see the elderly? Are they treated with respect once they retire or are they cast aside to die? Are they seen as wise or out-of-touch? (Out of time... Sorry.)

What's the cultures view on children? Should couples be expected to have them or do they only happen once/if the couple feels ready? Are they cherished or are they found to be annoying? (Or both?) At what point do children stop being children? Are there certain rules only children have to follow? Do the children go to a school or do they mope about until a certain age?

Are there laws in this culture, spoken or unspoken?
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Here Are Some Rules

• Rule - What Is The Rule.

What kind of jobs are there in this culture? If there's a wide range of different jobs, can you narrow them down to a few key areas? (IE, sciency jobs, artsy jobs, agriculture, etc.)
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Here Are Some Jobs

• Farmer - Grows crops for the rest of the group.
• Job - Description.

Usually I just write lifestages here.
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Here Are The Lifestages

• Lifestage - Age-Age - Description.
• Child - 4-12 - Old enough to communicate and think but not old enough to be hitting puberty.

What is this group's views on authority? Do they feel the authority keeps them safe or have they noticed flaws in their system? Are parents taught to respect their parents and teachers or are they on more even ground? Do employees joke about hating their bosses or are they more friendly with their bosses?

Do they see animals as merely food or companions? Are certain animals symbols for certain things?
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Animals And What They Mean To This Culture

• Parrot - Companion
• Chicken - Food
• Crow - Symbol of Death

How do they feel about death? Are they scared of it? Do they celebrate or mourn a lost one? When someone dies, is a big funeral held or do they just chuck the body in the trash?

How does courtship usually go? Is it more modest and under-the-table or are big displays of affection common? Are heterosexuality and homosexuality treated different?
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Some Signs Of Courting Are

• Sign Of Courting.

What are marriage ceremonies like? Can both (or all) parties expect from married life? Is marriage done for love or something else? Are marriages monogamous or polyamorus? (If it's poly, is it one guy and lots of girls, one girls and lots of guys, or mixed?) Is divorce a thing? If so, is it natural or frowned upon?

What's raising children like? Does most of the duty fall to one parent or do both help? Are children raised by just the parents, a small group (parents, teachers) or the whole society? Do parents raise their children to be realists or optimists?

How are decisions made when placed in a group? Is one person expected to take charge or is it more democratic? If there's a hierarchy, what's it like? Why's it like that?

How do problem typically get solved?

Is there a central religion? If so, what's it like? Is it more deity based or is it more spirit based? Is there more than one religion in this culture? Do people believe a mix of both or just stick to one?

Source - Source Description.