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[[Image:RenewalScroll.jpg|right|thumb|''Burning Renewal Scrolls at the'' Gratitude Festival ''symbolically turns problems to ash.'']] | [[Image:RenewalScroll.jpg|right|thumb|''Burning Renewal Scrolls at the'' Gratitude Festival ''symbolically turns problems to ash.'']] | ||
===Religious Festivals=== | ===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=== | ===Burial Customs=== |