In what ways does furniture design reflect the customs of people (example: beds with bed-curtains for privacy in medieval keeps where servants wandered through rooms without warning; chaise lounges as common furniture in a society where people are accustomed to recline rather than sit, etc.)?
The chair at the left end of the table is more elaborate than other chairs--this is the guest of honor's chair. On nights when the host doesn't have a guest, it is left empty and others are discouraged from sitting there, under the assumption that the High Goddess is the guest.
This turns up again in the living room, where a couch is reserved for a guest, but if the host doesn't have a guest, it is reserved for the host
If a Sekiyan wants to imply that the guest is not welcome, they simply refuse him the chair or the couch.
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