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Bajoran Ceremonies and Festivals
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Festival of Gratitude
This is an annual Bajoran celebration, of great importance to the Bajoran people. During the holiday, participants write their problems on Renewal Scrolls, then place them in a special brazier. Then they burn the scrolls so that their troubles symbolically turn to ashes.
This festival lasts during the last week of spring, which corresponds to the last week of the Bajoran calendar. Much time is spent in prayer, during which the Bajorans thank the Prophets for their guidance over the past year and voice their hopes for the upcoming year.
Time of Cleansing
This Bajoran ritual occurs in the early spring and participants abstain from worldly pleasures for an entire month.
Fasting during the day is not uncommon, with an extremely simple meal eaten in the evening. Prayer, too, dominates a Bajoran's day during this time.
Jewelry is generally not worn during the month, with the exception of one's d'ja pagh (chained earring and ear cuff).
Clothing during this time tends to be simple, with plain, unembellished, tunics and simple pants, skirts or kilts. More strict followers may eschew colors completely; white, tan, beige and (sometimes) brown being the preferred choices.
Ha'mara
Bajoran holiday held on the anniversary of the Emissary's arrival. During Ha'mara the Bajoran people show their gratitude to the Prophets for sending the Emissary to them, by fasting and by a Festival of Lights.
The Festival of Lights itself lasts a week, during which shopkeepers and some families erect displays of lights. These displays are focused in the main cities, though it's not uncommon for there to be smaller displays in rural areas for people who can't travel.
Good-natured rivalries sometimes spring up between the younger generations over which displays are the best, leading a few of the more traditional Bajorans to occasionally be heard to remark on the garishness of some of the displays. But most enjoy themselves and have a good time, a majority of the decorations and displays being relatively small and tasteful arrangements of candles and artificial lights. White is the traditional color for the lights, though varied hues aren't uncommon.
After the end of the week of fasting and displays, there is a great community feast at the end of the last day with people walking around to see the sights one last time. There are sometimes plays in the evening, usually given by the children, illustrating the role the Prophets and the Emissary have had in the lives of the Bajoran people.
ih'tanu ceremony
This is a Traditional Bajoran ritual for a girl who reached the age of 14.
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