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==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||
Weddings/bondings are conducted in the nude as a celebration of strong love and bonding, both telepathic and physical. Most believe that it is okay to keep more then one actual love though, and the wedding celebration is a complex system of gifts and replies. The tying of knots is also associated with this tradition. | Gifts given to someone special may be placed into a box capable of showing emotion (often with a face). Such practices are sometimes considered elaborate and incredibly expensive. | ||
Parents may arrange a genetic bonding between children - this involves younger Betazoids offered to one another as a pre-destiny of marriage or love. However, the children involved are not required to totally devout themselves, or even carry through with the bonding. Weddings/bondings are conducted in the nude as a celebration of strong love and bonding, both telepathic and physical. Most believe that it is okay to keep more then one actual love though, and the wedding celebration is a complex system of gifts and replies. The tying of knots is also associated with this tradition. | |||
===Child-Rearing Practices=== | ===Child-Rearing Practices=== | ||
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The first courtship practices are practised at a very young age when the parents of Betazoid children promise their children to each other and then go through with genetic bonding. Genetic Bonding is an old-style practice, and ancient Betazoids used to think that the two subjects actually 'bond' with physical genes, and telepathic energies emitted in childhood, though undetected. After the children reach an older age, many do not go through with their pre-destined marriages. This is accepted as natural, and most parents don't mind it too much. Although, some will go as far as disowning their children for it, which is sad and unfortunate. Later adult courtship often takes place at weddings and banquets, some conducted in total nakedness. Later on the their lives, at the Earth equivalent of about 40 years, the women go through "The Phase"- a phase in which their sexual urges quadruples. Some interesting courting methods are partner trances, and scenic watching and viewing. | The first courtship practices are practised at a very young age when the parents of Betazoid children promise their children to each other and then go through with genetic bonding. Genetic Bonding is an old-style practice, and ancient Betazoids used to think that the two subjects actually 'bond' with physical genes, and telepathic energies emitted in childhood, though undetected. After the children reach an older age, many do not go through with their pre-destined marriages. This is accepted as natural, and most parents don't mind it too much. Although, some will go as far as disowning their children for it, which is sad and unfortunate. Later adult courtship often takes place at weddings and banquets, some conducted in total nakedness. Later on the their lives, at the Earth equivalent of about 40 years, the women go through "The Phase"- a phase in which their sexual urges quadruples. Some interesting courting methods are partner trances, and scenic watching and viewing. | ||
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The Visitation are a series of remembrances that take place after the death of a family member and friend. Those that are closest to the dead person gather at a series of meetings, one held at six weeks after the death, another after the sixth month, and another for every three years afterwards. During the ceremony, the participants remember the deceased and share strong telepathic fields with each other. | |||
Only recently in the past 600 years or so have Betazoids taken the practice of preserving deceased loved ones in special chemicals that help the body last for generations. This is most common in the Houses, as few lower level citizens have the room to hold such sacred items. | Only recently in the past 600 years or so have Betazoids taken the practice of preserving deceased loved ones in special chemicals that help the body last for generations. This is most common in the Houses, as few lower level citizens have the room to hold such sacred items. | ||
===Tools and Instruments Used During Traditions and Practices=== | ===Tools and Instruments Used During Traditions and Practices=== | ||