Lt. JG Zhanyt Lafizatar - Comparitive Theology
Koihime Nakamura
((Mess Hall, Deck 4, USS Veritas – 1510 hours))
Solak: ::To replicator:: Plomeek soup. ::To Lafizatar:: I would be interested to hear about the origins of your day of recognition.
Lafizatar: Really?
Zhanyt was a bit mildly surprised. From what she understood of Vulcans, while they had traditions, they had largely divested from many of the emotional meanings and origins of it. Then again, they were also very interested in knowledge, so she shouldn't have been surprised.
Solak: I am interested from a philosophical standpoint. ::picking up tray with bowl of Plomeek soup:: May I join you?
Lafizatar: Of course. ::Zhanyt cleaned up her space a bit as they returned, allowing Solak more room at the table.:: I will give you the overview of the holiday, but feel free to interrupt me if I do not explain something. ::a steady cadence enters her voice as she starts, the tone of a storyteller, perhaps an unconscious imitation of how she was taught:: The Day of Remembrance was first observed, we are told, in the age of antiquity on Mathenite, some years after the death of Kahrmyncetah, who built the Forbidden Dyke in one night and saved our ancestors, and lead us to land we could live on, the first priestess of the Living Stars spoke of him, and his wife, Alahnah, after she saw a vision of him leading them to fruit, allowing the tribe to live after the crops failed.
Solak: Response
Zhanyt sipped from her tea as she nodded to Solak,thinking it through for a second.
Lafizatar: The Forbidden Dyke held back the sea of stars. This is now the large desert in the north of the Rheghenda continent, and archaeological evidence suggests there was once a large sea before it drained out due to climate change. You can actually still see the remnants of a huge earthen dam in many places, although, the evidence suggests that he was the king of a nation that built it instead of just building it in one night. Still, the tale is told as if he built it in one night.
Solak: Response
Any: Response
Lafizatar: ::She takes another sip:: From then, we celebrate the Day of Remembrance every summer. It's practices have changed over time - we no longer sacrifice something on it, as we do on our birthdays, but we now build a shrine to honor our ancestors, with specific flourishes to keep their legacy alive; we no longer feast on the day, as over time we moved that to the Day of Light, which is observed on the autumn equinox, which is.. about thirty-five point six standard days off.
Solak: Response
Any: Response
Zhanyt paused, thinking about it carefully, before she responded to Solak’s questions, a pensive look in her gold eyes as she frowned.
Lafizatar: It’s actually concerned gauche to honor ancestors that distant publicly - they’re the collective ancestors, and you honor them at the shrines established for them. That isn’t to say people don’t select distant ancestors, but they are often in the direct family line.
Solak: Response
Any: Response
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