tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 10 13:29:26 1997
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Re: A Klingon Wedding
I am just getting into the group side of this stuff, but I found a web
site that included some Klingon rituals. It listed the statement
{English version}: "You are my blood!" as the final cry of groom at the
end of the ceremony.
Having looked around a little at the various Klingon sites, and giving
it some thought as well, it seems to me that, due to both the social and
political aspects of Kilingon marriage, it is very similar to adoption
in human terms (or perhaps the old Judaic {Old Testement} practice of
having the wife formally renounce her old house and pledge alligiance to
the new.)
Being a bit of a romantic, were I in charge here, I would paraphrase
from the book of Ruth:
Captain: "Who stands before me?"
Groom: "<name>, son of <name>, of the House of <name>."
Bride: "<name>, daughter of <name>, of the House of <name>"
Captain: "For what reason have you come?"
Groom: "To declare before my House and Great Spirit that <bride> is
my soul-mate in all things this side of the River of Blood!"
Bride: "To declare before this House and Great Spirit that <bride> is
my soul-mate in all things this side of the River of Blood!
Wherever he goest, there shall I go. Whatever he doeth, I
shall stand at his side. I shall be as his shield and buckler.
He shall be first within my heart and House and
progenitor of my children!"
Captain: "What say you of this, <groom>?"
Groom: "<bride>, I have chosen you above all women to share my path
in this world. You shall come to me and abide in my house.
I pledge you my arm and my honor, as first among all
women in my heart and Hall. For you I forsake all others.
With you I will sire the future!"
Captain:"Are there any that would challenge this?"
"In the name of Kahless, the Klingon Empire, and the authority
of the Great Spirit of Klingons everywhere, I declare <groom>
and <bride> joined in as one in eyes of this House and
all the Universe!"
Groom: "You are my blood!"
{Now they kiss, or bite, or whatever. I, however, refuse to comment
on just what the bride should throw at the reception!}
Y'jImbotlh-wa'maH of House l'maSto'r
Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
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> >Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:51:05 -0800
> >From: "la'Hom qorDayt" <[email protected]>
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> >My captain has been asked to officiate a wedding in little over a month and
> >since he has absolutely no Klingon language skills, the task of translating the
> >ceremony fell to me.
> >
> >Now, before I get too far along trying to mak up my own, are there any texts
> >floting around that could be sent my way for ideas and such? It could make my
> >task easier given the short time frame in which I not only have to write a
> >ceremony but teach it to my captain.
>
> Official ones, I dunno (aside from the stuff in House of Quark that we
> don't understand). FWIW, I once used "be'nallIj ghaHmeH, be'vam
> Datlhapqang'a'?" for "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded
> wife?" It's probably not the best translation, though. And I once
> translated "harei 'at m'qudeshet li b'Taba`at zu k'dat mosheh v'yisra'el"
> (the Hebrew formula for marriage said under the canopy at Jewish weddings
> as the ring is given to bride, meaning "behold, you are consecrated to me
> by this ring according to the tradition of Moses and Israel") as (I think)
> "*Mosheh* *Yisra'el* je lalDanDaq be'nalwI' SoHmeH, SoHvaD Qebvam vInob"
> (in retrospect, I really don't like -Daq as I used it there).
>
> ~mark
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