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Hello. Using the forums is new to me, so sorry if I get something wrong, or this shouldn't be posted if there's already a forum topic like this.    Oh, and please keep in mind the words you don't really know will be explained later.
This topic is only for active Anthros Unite! RPG role-players that haven't heard of my new race that I made not too long ago named the Fukumen (and thank-you to the user,  Raintalon899 for the race name).
Fukumen is a new race only available for Anthros Unite! RPGers, and if you are not in this RPG then I will not allow you to make one. Please ask me (and me only) if you want to make a Fukumen. If you don't, I can ask if you can take that project down. I have seen this a lot recently where a Scratcher threatens others that if they take a song or sprite in a project, then that user can get flagged automatically. There is nothing wrong with sharing song or sprites, and if you don't want people using it so much then don't post it online. ...I have nothing against people remixing my projects related to fukumen but please do not claim them as your own. The basic idea of them was made, a hundred percent, by me, credit to my friend for the name. I would not like it if you claimed that you made Fukumen.
Sorry for the off-topic discussion there... You probably are wondering, what is a Fukumen? To answer that question, a Fukumen is an anthro race exclusive to Anthros Unite.
Their appearances always bear a couple traits of any hoofed animal in the world (no extinct ones, please). For example, A fukumen can be half spider- half deer, deer being the animal with hooves trait. Your Fukumen MUST have at least 2 hoofed animal traits, and that doesn't count being a herbivore. Fukumen, because of their religion (that I made up, it has nothing to do with "real life" beliefs) they wear masks and cloaks all day long, and they can only take masks off during meal time, and "meal time" is only once a day at dusk. Fukumen can take their cloak off for baths or showers, and that too, is only once a day, but instead of at dusk, you can choose when you take a bath. Taking baths and showers for Fukumen is basically hygiene time, where they get ready to sleep by sending out night patrols and etc... A fukumen gets their cloaks after 3 months of their childhood. Then they have to get used to the masks and cloaks. After a week or so the Fukumen offspring adapt to their minimized vision, and the constant cloak-wearing. It eventually feels like an everyday "must" for them.
Usually Fukumen are very gentle, generous anthros. They don't mind about strangers very much, for they don't get much visitors where they live (I will explain that later), and most of the times strangers are just around the Fukumen because they are lost, or heard about the Fukumen and wished to learn more about their culture. Fukumen tend to be more respectful to "trespassers" when the weather is very warm. The colder the place, the colder their hearts, I suppose.
A Fukumen's diet usually stretches from nuts, herbs and berries to sweet honey, syrup and other plants. They never eat meat, and if one is caught eating meat, then they are immediately given a punishment. Punishments are not as harsh as you may assume- they may be from wearing a heavier mask to more chores.
Families are not really... families. It's just another name for "clan" or "gang" for the Fukumen. They usually consist up to 100 people in one family. The family is often controlled by the eldest Fukumen in the family, or the one with the more complex and unique designs gets to be the leader of the family. The Elder can chose whenever he wishes to resign from his leading position and give it to someone he/she knows will carry on the role fairly.
An average Fukumen wakes up when the sky is still dark, and that's really early for us- around 1-2 am. They wake up this early because of the heavy amount of chores they have to do for the day. Basically every family member has a different duty to do. Children have to wake up at 3:00 am to get to their chores. Fukumen of (human ages) 5-10 get to craft for ceremonies that may come up, help gather foods with the young adults (teenagers), help other family members or simply meditate with their mentor or some friends. Young adult fukumen, which are mainly Fukumen in their young adult ages (11-18 in my point of view) get more hard labor tasks such as painting the homes, gathering food and collecting water (which can be awfully back-breaking if you do it for hours) and things along those lines. Most of the times the male Fukumen do this for the females (I'll talk about this later), and the female Fukumen stay indoors, doing many jobs inside. They can be cleaning the houses, helping the elderly Fukumen, storing food, helping children with the Fukumen language, etc. Adult Fukumen get the option to attend night patrols. Now I am not talking about night patrols from Erin Hunter's, Warriors, series many people are so fond of, Fukumen night patrols are different.
This twists into their religion, so if you mind... In the beginning Fukumen believed everything in this world was possessed by hundreds of evil demons and spirits. The demons wore long, black cloaks made of unknown material (that sadly the Fukumen could not get their hands on) and masks that were painted red from the blood of their victims. To blend in with the demons, the Fukumen began to wear masks and cloaks just as the demons. Eventually this story began to twist into many branches, and now Fukumen families all over the world do not know the real origin of the masks and cloaks. Getting off-topic! The demons began to realize how strange the Fukumen (disguised as the demons) acted. The Fukumen didn't kill, eat others, or anything a regular demon would've done. The Fukumen realized how their suspicious actions were catching onto the demons and fled. They formed a small clan and called each other "family" (and thus Fukumen vocabulary was born). They decided who will lead the family out of the 50 people in it. For years the conflict between the demons and Fukumen raged, and gradually the Fukumen became wiser and wiser in the demon's tactics and what slows them down. Eventually they found the demon's weakness: some dust capable of holy powers. Where did they find it? The leader of the family only knew, and refused to tell it to family members (and so, Elder tradition was yet also born!). The Fukumen leader found much more of the dust, and had so much they were able to fight off the demons and wipe most of them out. Present time there is still some dark spirits out there still, such as vampires, demons, and such. The Fukumen become more open-minded to brighter colors as masks and cloaks, but they still fear that monsters from down there are still on Earth, looking for Fukumen. To keep the demons away from their homes, the leader, or Elder of the family (please keep in mind family, Fukumen terms, means clan, or gang!), gives the dust to the adult Fukumen so they can spread it around the ground, by town territory so the demons stay away. There has been known cases of demons kidnapping the Elder's children (also known as the clan members), leaving nothing but their mask and cloak at the town, bloodied and/or ragged.
Marriage and/or Mating as a Fukumen is very different. Every year is a mating year. The oldest Fukumen gets to host this mating ceremony, and gets to decide when it is. Though the mating ceremonies are never held during summer or spring, ever. A Fukumen cannot get married during January-July! Anyways, everyone attends the ceremony, and all "single" Fukumen would attend, but they have to be young adults. How the mating ceremony works is that the "teenager" Fukumen that are attending would have their masks and cloaks changed (and they change in private- nobody knows who is who but the Fukumen that gives the clothing, who is usually the Tailor, and the Elder). Now that everyone does not know who is who, the Elder asks all of the males to one side, and the females to one. It begins as a ball-like ceremony, where music (not music from the 21st century, more like ancient music, but still sounds spectacular) is played by fellow family members. Most of the times uncertain of who to pick out of the crowd of female Fukumen, men choose who they want to dance with. Females cannot reject a male fukumen's invitation to dance. Everyone who is paired is sent to dance, and people that were not able to get paired (odd ones out!) are asked to attend next year. Why dancing? Well, it's hard to explain, but usually people grow closer as they dance with one another, whether they trip on their feet (barefooted, keep that in mind), it's still funny and boosts relationships. At the end of a few tunes, everyone takes off their masks. Then usually the male asks to be with the female, whether he likes it or not. She, most of the times, accepts, and if not, she is sent to be punished, but it's not so strict, it's probably going to be cleaning harder and working longer for a month, or not being able to attend festivals for a year.

I can't continue much longer- if you have any questions concering Fukumen please ask!!!