The Peldor Festival or Gratitude Festival was a Bajoran tradition. The festival involving the burning of renewal scrolls and greeting others with "Peldor Joi". (DS9 episodes: "The Nagus", "Fascination", "Rapture", "Tears of the Prophets", ST - New Worlds, New Civilizations short story: "The Glories of the Hebitians")
History and specifics
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Quark used the days leading up to the Gratitude Festival in the early 2370s to convince patrons in debt to him to paint his bar for free. (DS9 reference: Legends of the Ferengi)
In 2374, the Doctor EMH on the USS Voyager thought about celebrating the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. (VOY novelization: Day of Honor)
The Festival of 2375 included an event called Meditation for Peace which the Vedek Assembly recalled offworld Bajorans to participate in. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)
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ReferencesEdit
- DS9 episode: "The Nagus"
- DS9 episode: "Fascination"
- DS9 episode: "Rapture"
- DS9 episode: "Tears of the Prophets"
- ST - New Worlds, New Civilizations short story: "The Glories of the Hebitians"
- DS9 reference: Legends of the Ferengi
- VOY novelization: Day of Honor
- DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One
External linkEdit
- Peldor Festival article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
