The Resol'Nare is a code of six acts that define one to be Mandalorian and are the central tenets of their society. This code is self-perpetuating and was directly responsible for ensuring the survival of the Mandalorian culture and society long after the original Mandalorians, the Taung, became extinct.

Mandalorians who do not or can not embrace and live according to these tenets are thought to lack Manda and are believed to be dar'Manda, a state of seperation from the soul of the people which Mandalorians find emotionally painful and shameful.

Ke'juri beskar'gam
(Wear armor)

Once Mandalorians reach adulthood, they assemble a suit of armor that suits their needs and skills and wear it in public through their daily lives. This armor serves as a tool, a visual designation of their status as warriors and a symbol of their cultural identity. When among outsiders, many Mandalorians will not even remove their helmets.

Ke'jorhaa'i Mando'a
(Speak Mandalorian)

While most Mandalorians know and speak Basic and other languages, all are raised speaking Mando'a, the language of the Taungs. When among themselves, they speak Mando'a almost exclusively. The language itself is very fluid and simple, reflecting the culture of which it is a part, and like the culture, it has changed very little over the centuries.

K'ara'novo aliit
(Defend the family)

While the Mandalorians are best known as a warrior culture, they are also fiercely family oriented. It is expected that Mandlorians will start families once they are able to do so. Not wanting to do so is difficult for a Mandalorian to understand. Each member of a family is expected to protect the others, garaunteeing their survival and through this, ensuring the survival of the clan and culture.

Ke'gaa'tayli aliit bralir
(Help the clan to succeed)

Each individual and family is expected to contribute to the welfare and prosperity of their clan, which in turn helps provide for the family and individual as needed. This act is far from the socialist prop it first seems, as it is a neccessity for a society that spends a great deal of its time at war to provide for such neccessities as food, shelter and manufactured goods when a large number of a clan's adults are on other worlds fighting.

Ke'ba'juri sa Mando'ade
(Raise children as Mandalorians)

It is a Mandalorian's responsibility to raise children in the traditions of their culture. However this is not simply an imperative to breed, as it might seem on the surface. Mandalorians often adopt their children, caring very little for blood lineage and bowing to the neccessities created by their lifestyles as nomadic warriors. This act is a mandate to perpetuate the culture, as are the majority of the Six Acts, by passing it down to both offspring and adopted war orphans.

Ke'shekemi haar Mand'alor
(Rally to the cause of the Mand’alor)

While the social structure of the Mandalorians is very simple, revolving around family and clan, each clan and family answering to itself, in times of war all families and clans are expected to answer a call to war by the Mand'alor, the leader of the Mandalorian people.