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[[Image:Ruustai.jpg|thumb|Worf and Jeremy Aster performing the R'uustai.]]The '''''R'uustai''''' is the [[Klingon]] rite of bonding, or "The Bonding" where two Klingons join together to become brothers, one entering the other's house. Candles are lit and the member entering the Klingon house receives a sash.
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[[File:Ruustai.jpg|thumb|Worf and Jeremy Aster performing the ''r'uustai'']]
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The '''''r'uustai''''' is the [[Klingon]] rite of bonding, in which two Klingons join together to become brothers, one entering the other's [[Great House|House]]. [[Candle]]s are lit and the member entering the Klingon House receives a [[sash]].
   
Then the words ''"SoS jIH batlh SoH"'' are spoken to honor the memory of the participants' mothers -- they become one in house.
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Then the words "''SoS jIH batlh SoH''" are spoken to [[honor]] the memory of the participants' mothers – they become one in the House.
   
In [[2366]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] and [[Jeremy Aster]] performed this rite after Jeremy's mother was lost while on an [[away mission]]. ([[TNG]]: "[[The Bonding]]")
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In [[2366]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] and [[Jeremy Aster]] performed this rite after Jeremy's mother was lost while on an [[away mission]] that was led by Worf; he consequently claimed the "right" of ''r'uustai''. ({{TNG|The Bonding}})
   
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{{bginfo|Unlike the ceremony seen in {{e|Sons and Daughters}}, in which [[Alexander Rozhenko]] is inducted into the [[House of Martok]], the R'uustai appeared to involve no bloodletting.}}
==Background information==
 
 
In proper Klingon language, the sentence ''"Mother, I honor you"'' would be ''"SoS, qaquvmoH"'' according to [[The Klingon Dictionary]]. The actual rendering used in the episode, ''"SoS jIH batlh SoH,"'' derives from a naive -- and ungrammatical -- word-by-word translation of the English sentence.
 
   
 
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Revision as of 20:26, 30 June 2011

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Worf and Jeremy Aster performing the r'uustai

The r'uustai is the Klingon rite of bonding, in which two Klingons join together to become brothers, one entering the other's House. Candles are lit and the member entering the Klingon House receives a sash.

Then the words "SoS jIH batlh SoH" are spoken to honor the memory of the participants' mothers – they become one in the House.

In 2366, Lieutenant Worf and Jeremy Aster performed this rite after Jeremy's mother was lost while on an away mission that was led by Worf; he consequently claimed the "right" of r'uustai. (TNG: "The Bonding")

Unlike the ceremony seen in "Sons and Daughters", in which Alexander Rozhenko is inducted into the House of Martok, the R'uustai appeared to involve no bloodletting.