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** '''Union''': The Naris is complete after the Union ceremony. All Union ceremonies are held on the island of Tanis. The ceremony is lavish and can take over five hours. During the Betrothal period the couple was required to write a Comic Opera about the history of both families. Friends of the families perform the opera. The elders of both families pretend they are offended by the comical depictions of them and throw vegetables to the couple who are in a booth of honor. The couple has time to change into formal attire and stand before a priest who performs the ceremony. After the vows have been recited in song the couple is stripped to the waist and a tattoo of the new Lomin is painted on their left shoulders. To complete the ceremony the couple hold onto each side of an Utra stone that contains three pieces of straw. The straw is a fertility symbol representing the three children they will be entrusted with. A large party follows lasting through out the night. | ** '''Union''': The Naris is complete after the Union ceremony. All Union ceremonies are held on the island of Tanis. The ceremony is lavish and can take over five hours. During the Betrothal period the couple was required to write a Comic Opera about the history of both families. Friends of the families perform the opera. The elders of both families pretend they are offended by the comical depictions of them and throw vegetables to the couple who are in a booth of honor. The couple has time to change into formal attire and stand before a priest who performs the ceremony. After the vows have been recited in song the couple is stripped to the waist and a tattoo of the new Lomin is painted on their left shoulders. To complete the ceremony the couple hold onto each side of an Utra stone that contains three pieces of straw. The straw is a fertility symbol representing the three children they will be entrusted with. A large party follows lasting through out the night. | ||
* '''Linal (Ritual of Death)''': [[File:Dais.jpg| | * '''Linal (Ritual of Death)''': [[File:Dais.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Death Dais]]Karma is the cosmic principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one life according to that person’s deeds in the previous life. A soul will live an endless cycle of lives until they reach hallodor (an end from the cycle of rebirth) by a life of strict non-violence and repudiating the human body. After death the body is put on a stone dais adorned with the Heart of Kerelia in a garden. If the body is left undisturbed by the elements and animals by sunrise then it is believed that the soul has achieved hallodor. Once hallodor is achieved the soul is liberated and sent to heaven where it becomes a God and sits with the other Gods. If the body is disturbed in any way hallodor is not achieved and the soul will be reincarnated. If the body is no longer on the dais the soul will cease to exist. | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
Kerelia is classed as N+ (Civil Technocracy Age) on the [[Planetary_Development_Scale#N.2B|Planetary Development Scale]]. They have warp capability. Power on the planet is produced from a unique method of harnessing ionized gases emitted from their sun and incorporating it into cold fusion. This method is highly efficient and portable devices can be used to power entire cities in case a natural disaster destroys the existing power producing facilities. Kerelia had developed cloaking technology but abandoned it after admission to the Federation in keeping with the [[ma:Treaty_of_Algeron|Treaty of Algeron]]. They developed an unique transportation system which utilizes Transporters but also developed a revolutionary "near light speed" underground rail system. Sonic sciences technology is a major export of Kerelia. This technology has revolutionized how ore is mined on asteroids using remote sonic drills. | Kerelia is classed as N+ (Civil Technocracy Age) on the [[Planetary_Development_Scale#N.2B|Planetary Development Scale]]. They have warp capability. Power on the planet is produced from a unique method of harnessing ionized gases emitted from their sun and incorporating it into cold fusion. This method is highly efficient and portable devices can be used to power entire cities in case a natural disaster destroys the existing power producing facilities. Kerelia had developed cloaking technology but abandoned it after admission to the Federation in keeping with the [[ma:Treaty_of_Algeron|Treaty of Algeron]]. They developed an unique transportation system which utilizes Transporters but also developed a revolutionary "near light speed" underground rail system. Sonic sciences technology is a major export of Kerelia. This technology has revolutionized how ore is mined on asteroids using remote sonic drills. | ||