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[[File:Bajoran gratitude festival logo.jpg|thumb|A Gratitude Festival banner]] |
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+ | The '''Gratitude Festival''', also known as the '''Peldor Festival''', was an annual [[holiday]] of great importance to the [[Bajoran]] people, which dated as far back as [[tens of thousands of years ago|17600 BC]]. |
== Traditions == |
== Traditions == |
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− | The traditional greeting during the festival |
+ | The traditional greeting during the festival was "''[[Peldor joi]]''". ({{DS9|Fascination}}) |
+ | [[Bateret]] [[leaf|leaves]] were traditionally burned, and participants wrote their problems on [[renewal scroll]]s which were then burned so that their troubles symbolically turned to [[ash]]es. ({{DS9|Fascination|Rapture}}) |
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+ | [[File: Bajoran Gratitude Festival bigins.jpg|thumb|Kira serves as presider]] |
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While experiencing a ''[[pagh'tem'far]]'' in [[2373]], Benjamin Sisko believed he was in [[B'hala]] on the eve of the Festival. ({{DS9|Rapture}}) |
While experiencing a ''[[pagh'tem'far]]'' in [[2373]], Benjamin Sisko believed he was in [[B'hala]] on the eve of the Festival. ({{DS9|Rapture}}) |
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− | In [[2374]], at the request of the [[Emissary of the Prophets]], the |
+ | In [[2374]], at the request of the [[Emissary of the Prophets]], the Festival was held on Deep Space 9. ({{DS9|Tears of the Prophets}}) |
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+ | In [[2401]], the Gratitude Festival was among the results returned when [[Commander]] [[Raffi Musiker]] searched for upcoming major events, along with [[Empire Union Day]] and [[Frontier Day]]. ({{PIC|The Next Generation}}) |
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 20 July 2023
The Gratitude Festival, also known as the Peldor Festival, was an annual holiday of great importance to the Bajoran people, which dated as far back as 17600 BC.
Traditions
The traditional greeting during the festival was "Peldor joi". (DS9: "Fascination")
Bateret leaves were traditionally burned, and participants wrote their problems on renewal scrolls which were then burned so that their troubles symbolically turned to ashes. (DS9: "Fascination", "Rapture")
Celebrations
In 2369, Benjamin Sisko had hoped to make a three-day trip to Bajor with his son, Jake, to attend the Gratitude Festival and visit the Fire Caves. (DS9: "The Nagus")
In 2371, Deep Space 9 hosted its third annual celebration of the Gratitude Festival. Kira Nerys served as presider of the Festival. Among the crowds were jugglers and dancers. (DS9: "Fascination")
While experiencing a pagh'tem'far in 2373, Benjamin Sisko believed he was in B'hala on the eve of the Festival. (DS9: "Rapture")
In 2374, at the request of the Emissary of the Prophets, the Festival was held on Deep Space 9. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")
In 2401, the Gratitude Festival was among the results returned when Commander Raffi Musiker searched for upcoming major events, along with Empire Union Day and Frontier Day. (PIC: "The Next Generation")
External link
- Peldor Festival at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works