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Over lunch with these men you learn that the sash is only undone from the left shoulder when a man is taking his ease with others over tea, at which point it is draped over both legs like a blanket, or when taking part in something requiring significant physical exertion or otherwise necessary to the setting up of camp. For some of the youngest, less than Mikail in summers seen, this is their first pilgrimage. the older tribesmen, this year will mark their sixth or seventh visit to this site over what is considered by all to be hostile territory. For the eldest, this year will be his ninth and likely last. It bemuses you that you’ve never seen their ilk in the other holy sites on the main continent, and that none of them display any particular desire to cross the Cathagi strait to do so. The significance of this and their cultural peculiarities is lost on you, but you cannot doubt the piety of these men.
Being exposed to and appreciating the differences in separate cultures proves to be something of a teething experience for your young squire, but he muddles through without any untoward anger at his ignorance. Pilgrims are, by their nature, typically a rather forgiving lot.
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