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*Consumed with the notion of equality, no particular sign of respect is showed to any one Dokkaran over another. The only person who Dokkarans will show any kind of difference to is the High Cleric of Kural Hanesh, though it is towards their position, not towards the person. | *Consumed with the notion of equality, no particular sign of respect is showed to any one Dokkaran over another. The only person who Dokkarans will show any kind of difference to is the High Cleric of Kural Hanesh, though it is towards their position, not towards the person. | ||
*It is considered distasteful to speak of violence in any context or setting. | *It is considered distasteful to speak of violence in any context or setting. | ||
===Death and Burial=== | |||
A careful count is tallied of all those Dokkaran confirmed dead. At present the number stands at 213, a number constantly ingrained in the minds of every Dokkara, as a solemn reminder of those that passed from this life, to heed the Final Call of the Goddess. The current demographics are as follows... | |||
*105 Dead from accidents or deaths not attributed to violence. | |||
*44 Dead from The Rot. The Rot is a mutated form of the mortal virus encountered amongst the Selelvians (Also called the Rot), it breaks down the root structure of the Dokkarans, causes their foliage, bone-wood, and later brain lobes to rot. The disease is always fatal and while occurrences are rare, and the disease cannot be passed from one person to another since it develops from environmental pressures that are not yet identified, it presents a very terrifying threat to the entire Dokkaran race. | |||
*2 Dead from the Battle of Wolf 359. Those two officers present in the battle were confirmed ''not'' to be assimilated by Borg records obtained from the journeys of the starship Voyager. | |||
*1 Dead in the Dominion War (Battle of Cardassia Prime). | |||
*8 Dead from Dragon Attacks. | |||
*19 Dead in the destruction of Romulus and Remus. | |||
*23 Dead in the Breen Attack on Earth (All Civilians). | |||
*1 Dead in the Klingon Invasion. | |||
The list above only includes those confirmed killed, and Dokkarans will never speak of those declared MIA or otherwise unconfirmed deceased as if there is even the possibility that they are dead. | |||
If the body is able to be recovered, it is returned to Ceata and planted in the Garden of the Beckoned in Luzen. From the dead corpse of a Dokkaran, a small, flowering tree sprouts from the deceased's body, and the garden is one of the holiest sites in Dokkaran culture. The trees are considered an extension of the life force of the deceased Dokkaran, and many see harmony and beauty in the passing of one of their own, even if it is tragic. When recovery of the body is not possible, a seed from one of the other trees is planted in it's place, and as such there are exactly 215 trees in the Garden (Including those planted in memorial for Lieutenant Dell and Ensign Allanzar). | |||
====Harmony==== | |||
Excerpt taken from Doctor Richard Holkar's 'Standing in the Distance: Notes on the Dokkaran People and Their Culture'. | |||
''In the twenty some-odd years I've spent among the Dokkarans they still capture my imagination with the same intensity that they did when I arrived in their homeland decades ago. Like the Vulcans, the Dokkarans have a race-wide philosophy called 'Harmony', though unlike Vulcan Logic, Human Emotion or Romulan Passion, Dokkaran Harmony cannot be readily described by our language. This is ironic considering the Dokkarans adopted a heavily evolved form of Romanian as their own language, though even these translations back to the main dialect and into Standard pale to the beautiful words the Clerics sing of the philosophy that has defined a species so completely, and so organically. They strive for a 'third way' point of view, and reject the often polarized versions of the philosophies of other alien races in favor of one true path, that of Harmony. Harmony could be described as 'serenity', 'zen', or 'ethereal', though these words do not quite do it justice. Harmony is not the balance between two opposing forces, rather it is the one true path that is free of all others, as all other paths are the spawn of delusions concocted by weak minds. Harmony is more like peace in a vacuum, High Cleric Hussan once described this view of Harmony aptly as, 'Humans often see War as the constant and Peace as the interim state between conflicts, Dokkarans see peace as the natural, constant state, and war as the intervening period'. To many, Harmony is more easily described by the traits it embodies, such as nobility, altruism, beauty, adventure, and enlightenment. Many have tried approaching Harmony from this angle, and although the Dokkarans find no fault with their application, they correctly point out that these various alien scholars fail to see the reasoning behind their actions and do not make such choices organically as Dokkarans do.'' | |||
====Music, Art, and Architecture==== | |||
Harmony is also intrinsic to all aspects of Dokkaran expression. Dokkaran architecture is often round, glittering and evokes a certain grandeur in it's shimmering beauty. Dokkaran art mainly consists of two schools, watercolors mixed with pencils, and marble sculpture, both displaying images of grand vistas and the great natural beauty of Ceata. Traditional Dokkaran music is often string heavy, accompanied by a strong choral element and loud drums. More modern and popular Dokkaran music features string like synths, ascending vocals, and catchy choruses. While Dokkaran musicians rarely tour off their homeworld, much of their material has become popular on Earth for both the modern and traditional variety's utter pathos that it brings out in an audience, be it euphoric dance numbers or gripping melancholic opera. | |||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||