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==Culture and Society== | ==Culture and Society== | ||
[[Image:Bajoranicon.jpg|right|thumb|''The Bajoran Icon.'']] | |||
[[Image:EarringLiNalas.jpg|right|thumb|''The Earring of Li Nalas.'']] | |||
[[Image:SpringWine.jpg|right|thumb|''Spring Wine.'']] | |||
The Bajoran culture is widely regarded as one of the richest in the galaxy, having had around half a million years to evolve and prosper. | The Bajoran culture is widely regarded as one of the richest in the galaxy, having had around half a million years to evolve and prosper. | ||
===Earrings=== | ===Earrings=== | ||
Bajoran earrings are an indication of their faith in the Prophets. They also served other purposes, for example it has been assumed that they served to signify the d’jarra of the wearer. Many Bajorans have personalised their own earrings, indeed Kira Nerys was able to identify the earring of Li Nalas after it was delivered to Deep Space Nine by the Boslic freighter captain Rionoj early in 2370. | Bajoran earrings are an indication of their faith in the Prophets. They also served other purposes, for example it has been assumed that they served to signify the d’jarra of the wearer. Many Bajorans have personalised their own earrings, indeed Kira Nerys was able to identify the earring of Li Nalas after it was delivered to Deep Space Nine by the Boslic freighter captain Rionoj early in 2370. | ||
===Food=== | ===Food=== | ||
Bajorans enjoy a variety of different foodstuffs, the most popular of which are hasperat (a spicy wrapped dish resembling a Terran burrito), kava juice, and Spring Wine, a blue-hued alcoholic beverage brewed from kava. | Bajorans enjoy a variety of different foodstuffs, the most popular of which are hasperat (a spicy wrapped dish resembling a Terran burrito), kava juice, and Spring Wine, a blue-hued alcoholic beverage brewed from kava. | ||
===Art & Music=== | ===Art & Music=== | ||
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[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Bajoran_language Database of commonly used Bajoran words and phrases] | [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Bajoran_language Database of commonly used Bajoran words and phrases] | ||
[http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=3400244#post3400244 An analysis of the Bajoran language created by Deranged Nasat] | [http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=3400244#post3400244 An analysis of the Bajoran language created by Deranged Nasat] | ||
===D’jarras=== | ===D’jarras=== | ||
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==Religion and Spirituality== | ==Religion and Spirituality== | ||
The Bajoran spirit is referred to as the pagh, which Bajorans believe is housed within the left ear. Bajoran spiritualists are known to be able to measure the strength of a pagh by gripping the ear with their hand. Bajorans are raised to follow the will of the Prophets, who promote selfless and altruistic actions. A feature of Bajoran religion is the characteristic earring, a set of two clasps connected by a chain, worn on the right ear | The Bajoran spirit is referred to as the ''pagh'', which Bajorans believe is housed within the left ear. Bajoran spiritualists are known to be able to measure the strength of a pagh by gripping the ear with their hand. Bajorans are raised to follow the will of the Prophets, who promote selfless and altruistic actions. A feature of Bajoran religion is the characteristic earring, a set of two clasps connected by a chain, worn on the right ear. | ||
===Religious Heirarchy=== | ===Religious Heirarchy=== | ||
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===The Prophets=== | |||
Residing within the Celestial Temple, known to outsiders as the Bajoran wormhole, the Prophets experience time as a non-linear event. They are able to possess humanoid life-forms, and have described themselves as being “of Bajor”. The Bajoran people do not view the Prophets as aliens, rather as gods that guide their way of life. One of the Prophets possessed and guided Sara, a human, into a relationship with Joseph Sisko, resulting in the conception of Benjamin Sisko, who later became the Emissary of the Prophets after discovering the Bajoran Wormhole. | |||
[[Image:CelestialTemple.jpg|right|thumb|''The gateway to the Celestial Temple.'']] | |||
===The Emissary=== | |||
[[Image:EmissaryoftheProphets.jpg|right|thumb|''Benjamin Sisko and Vedek Winn'']] | |||
On discovering the Bajoran Wormhole along with Lieutenant-Commander Jadzia Dax in the Denorios Belt in 2369, Captain Benjamin Sisko was declared the Emissary of the Prophets by the Bajoran people. Despite developing a strong positive relationship with Kai Opaka, the contemporary leader of the Bajoran faith, Sisko initially was unwilling to embrace his role of Emissary. It was not until his belief in his position was challenged by the Prophets themselves that he began to accept his role. However, he has always acted in the best interests of the Bajoran people. | |||
While Kai Opaka embraced Sisko in his role of Emissary, her successor, Kai Winn, often treated him with jealousy and mistrust. In turn, Sisko never fully trusted Kai Winn, who eventually denounced the Prophets and aided Gul Dukat in releasing the Pagh Wraiths of the Fire Caves. | |||
===Prophecies=== | |||
Zocal’s 3rd Prophecy stated that only someone touched by the Prophets could find the ruins of B’halla. A prophecy subsequently translated from a tablet found in B’halla itself triggered the Reckoning, a cataclysmic battle between a Prophet and a Pagh wraith. It was written that, if the Prophet was victorious, Bajor would enter a golden age. The Reckoning never came to a conclusion however, as Kai Winn flooded the Promenade of Deep Space Nine, aboard which the conflict was taking place with chroniton radiation, which drove the Prophet and Pagh wraith out of their host bodies and forced them to abandon their duel. | |||
===Orbs=== | ===Orbs=== | ||
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===The Pagh Wraiths=== | |||
The chronicled enemies of the Prophets, the Pagh Wraiths (Bajoran: Kosst Amogen), inhabit the fire caves of Bajor. The sacred texts explain that they once resided within the Celestial Temple, but were cast out by the Prophets due to their evil tendencies. A minority of Bajorans worship the Pagh Wraiths as the true prophets of Bajor, denoted by an inverted Bajoran religious icon or a red earring which is worn on the left ear. In 2375, the Pagh Wraiths selected Cardassian Gul Dukat, the former prefect of Bajor during the Cardassian occupation, as their Emissary. During a battle with the Emissary of the Prophets, Dukat and the Pagh Wraiths were sealed inside the fire caves along with the only known means of releasing them. | |||
[[Image:EmissaryofthePaghWraiths.jpg|right|thumb|''Gul Dukat as the Emissary of the Pagh Wraiths'']] | |||
===Religious Festivals=== | |||
-Days of Atonement – a time to atone for past misdemeanours through chanting, meditation and prayer. | |||
-Gratitude Festival (aka Peldor Festival) – a time to give thanks to the Prophets. Renewal scrolls are burned and Bajorans celebrate for a period of three days. | |||
-Ha’mara – a day to celebrate the arrival of the Emissary of the Prophets. | |||
-Time of Cleansing – a period of one month where Bajorans fast and abstain from worldy pleasures. | |||
===Burial Customs=== | |||
The Bajorans are less concerned with interring the remains of the deceased than they are with guiding their pagh into the afterlife. A Bajoran death chant can last up to two hours to allow for the recitation of the sacred text. In addition a duranja, or funerial candle, can be lit to act as a memorial for a loved one or friend. | |||
==Militia== | ==Militia== | ||