Yes, ill be posting gorilla customs and "religion" here. Its a belief called Dude-ism, well ill explain more on it later.

“Dudeism”. Well, what are the places where called where you can practice this religion? (i.e. mosque, curch, etc.)

I was expecting more... mellow names. any major ones so you can add them to your gorilla map? Any kore cities and towns and whatnot?

Dude-ism - the greatest faith in Chima  (I would make ti a bigger size but that messes up the text which really annoys me)




Context:

Dude-ism is a religion, or rather it is a sect of Mellow-ism, which is divided into 2 sects: Dude-ism (Practiced by 95% of all Mellow-ists) and Divine-ism (Practiced by 5% of Mellow-ists but this isn't important unless you care about the prequel), back to Dude-ism and Mellow-ism, Mellow-ism is practed by 99% of all inhabitants of the gorilla tribe, and is even taught in school (although only Dude-ism is taught), (for many a favourite lesson). However Dude-ism isn't exclusive to gorillas, as there have been converts from other tribes who joined the faith, some becoming very influential.

Core principals: 

The Core principles of Dude-ism, are based on real life Confucian ideas, along with personal thoughts, they include:

1) Respect between the Parent and the child, aswell as respect between the citizen and the government.

2) Respect the elderly, respect heroes of war, but treaty all strangers equally.

3) To be kind and merciful to all, respect and follow the laws.

4) To protect the beloved land (Gorilla land) and beloved people  (family in particular, but Dude-ists in general)

5) To commit to the greater good, for all reasons, either selfish or righteous.


History:
No one knows who founded Dude-ism, but Dude-ism tells many great storys, The Story of Gilgamesh, the great King Python, but the most important story is that of the founder, Goa (Yes, the money is named after him), Goa united the warring 100 princedoms of the gorillas into one united tribe, through the teachings of Mellow-ism/ Dude-ism.

Structure:
There are several positions, and several important places of worship:

The places of worship are:

Shrine - a small gazebo, with a building attached to it, usually run by 1 monk.

Temple - Resembles your average Japanese temple (Made of wood) usually has several floors (Usually 4) most temples are symmetrical and take up about 900 square metres, (ground floor) they are run by 11 regular monks, and one head monk, who is elected by the other 11 monks, the head monk after being elected serves for life or until retirement. Temples are located in large towns, well basically any town with over 200 gorillas, of which their are several hundreds.

Grand Temple - Resembles a Japanese castle (Made from stone or wood) these are located in the largest cities in total their are 12  across the gorilla tribe, the grand temple is extremely massive, and all are different, most have large gardens, hospitals and kitchens and some ven have massive workshops for the monks to craft what they need, in total these are run by 99 regular monks, 9 head monks, and 1 Mellow head monk, who is elected by vote by the monks, and then is confirmed, by the supreme council, Mellow head monks serve for life or until retirement.

The Supreme Council of Monks:
All Mellow Head monks, and 3 Mega - reverends (Very popular preachers) get to serve on the Supreme Council of Monks alongside Gorbav, they are an important part of the government and deal with humanitarian, aswell as religious and political issues facing the tribe. Only the Supreme Council of Monks, along with Gorbav and Father Grigori know how to summon chi-ghosts.


Becoming a monk:
All monks must hold at least: 1 black belt in 1 martial art, and pass a test, in which they are tested on how well they know Dude-ism, one can only become a monk if there is space to become a monk, to be a monk one must be 16 or older, after you have been selected to be a monk, the people who regularly visit the temple/ worship must approve of you. To reach a higher rank your fellow monks must support you in a 2/3rds vote, to become a head monk, only head monks, can become Mellow head monks, and sit on the supreme council.


Becoming a Mega-reverend:
To become a mega-reverend you must become a very popular and famous preacher, that's it.

Dude-ism VS Divine-ism:

Divine-ism and Dude-ism are very similar, except Divine-ism is far less popular and they only have 1 temple and a few shrines left, as the rest are Dude-ist, the main difference is derived in the way power is granted


In Divine-ism: Power comes: From The Great Mellow Head of Cavora -----> King -----> Supreme Monk Council -----> Nobility ------->Monks-----> Land -------> People.


In Dude-ism: Power comes: From The Great Mellow Head of Cavora -----> Land ---->People ----->Monks-----> Supreme Monk Council -----> Leader.

The 2 sects were split, 60/40 with Divine-ism being more popular, however following the gorilla civil war, and Gorbav cracking down heavily on Divine-ism, and educating everyone on Dude-ism, Dude-ism quickly took over, and Divine-ism soon fell out of favour with the majority, now becoming a fringe sect.

Not gorillas rising to prominence:

-A long time ago, following the gorilla civil war, a wolf by the name of War, came to gorilla lands, he was in self-imposed exile from the wolf tribe, and very soon adopted the followings of Dude-ism, he was a very good speaker, and soon became very influential, his speeches were on air across the tribe, and he helped catapult Dude-ism to greater prominence, for his great commitment and popularity he got to sit on The Supreme Council of Monks, he died in 3BR.

-A fox from the minor tribes, named Fable, came to the gorilla tribe to seek enlightenment, she found it in the Northern regions of Catalan, and soon became a monk, she was very influential and she began to popularise the faith outside of gorilla lands, and she would rapidly rise through the ranks, soon becoming a head monk, and then a Great Mellow Head, at the age of 42, making her the youngest person, ever to be on the Supreme Council of Monks, the first non-gorilla to be a Great Mellow Head, along with being one of the first women on the council, she is still alive today, serving proudly as the Mellow Head of Catalan.

Side note: Dude-ism is also pretty chill, so monks often live with their families, a practice prohibited in Divine-ism.

So yeah, this was just a topic outlying the beliefs of the gorilla tribe, excited to read what other tribes believe in, side note: Mods don't reject this, this has no connection to anything in the real world.

Amazing. Perfect!

They were born yesterday! How long have they been alive for now?!