Calling it an invasion is too simplistic, the Cardassins started by showing up and saying "Hi! We're here to help!" Only after they'd fully entrenched themselves did they show their true colors from what I understand in the lore.

the most vicious thing about the bajorins is that their gods unquestionably exist. EDIT: their devils also exist.

Your closing maybe why I feel more interest in the Bajorians than others, they are less mono-culture in presentation than a lot of other Star Trek species. The mono is still there compared to real world Earth but the effort is appreciated.

I would love to hear more about Bajoran resistance, and how ancheint bajorans interacted with the prophets

It's kind of sad that we never really get to explore the different cultures seen in Star Trek in depth. Usually we only get superficial insights and most species are stereotyped with rare exceptions to the rule.

The females also sneeze a lot during pregnancy!

If you've ever wanted to try Bajoran Hasperat the recipe they used on the show is fairly simple. A flour tortilla spread with cream cheese and topped with red and green peppers, then rolled and sliced. But since Hasperat was supposed to be spicy and specifically mentioned brining you can use pickled chilis or jalapenos for it. It's actually not half bad.

Not to be confused with the Banjorans who are almost identical to the Bajorans except that they also play the banjo.

This would be a planet I wouldn’t mind living on, at least now; peaceful, quiet and beautiful nature.

Just started rewatching DS9, love it.

Greetings from Austria. I love the cultural index videos.

I've tended to like Bajor not just for the 'oooh hey funny nose alien near wormhole.' But because we get time to know their arcitecture, their weight of history. Some aliens feel like a prefab trailer house rolled up with barely any furniture there. Technically servicable but very underwhelming. Others are like Bajorans, a home that you got to know with flaws and quirks and furniture that got added, taken away, and rearranged over time. Giving a very lived in feel to it all.

Kira is one of my favorite ST characters, tough and sassy yet still feminine. Modern female hero writers could take a page out of the Kira Nerys book

I would be interested in seeing a detailed overview of the Bajoran Occupation.

Its quite funny how other races get a lot of attention; but Bajorans really had no equal in on screen development. They really felt "real" with the complexity of faith, politics and internal disputes all interlaced with complexities of pre occupation an post occupation. It made them a compelling addition to the lore.

I wish we had more of this kind of development for other planets. We also got quite a bit about the Trill and Joined Trill

Finally! Bajorans

Reflecting on the concept that Kira was a terrorist by the showrunners on the documentary, I can't agree. Although I am sure innocent, uninvolved Bajorans died in some of her missions, she wasn't specifically attacking Bajorans in order to create fear among them and use that fear to oust the Cardassians. Further, the Cardassian presence was entirely military, so no or too few civilian Cardassian targets were available to the Bajoran resistance, so most of their targets would be military targets. If most of their targets are military targets, then this is the line between a resistance and terrorism. A true resistance that isn't a terrorist movement does not create fear among their own population in order to resist the invading or occupying force. They primarily target military targets.

One of my favorite races from Star Trek.

You should do some Indexs on some Stargate cultures.

And in one of the other Quantum realities that Worf crossed over into, the Bajorans were a aggressive interstellar power after annexing Cardassia … they fired on the Enterprise. Would've liked to see their ships. And what's their history, did they go conquest cause they had (sort of) interstellar travel first, or did the Cardassians bite off more than they could chew and the Bajorans not only kicked them off Bajor but managed to get so much Cardassian gear they could invade Cardassia.

Best species in Star Trek! Behind the Klingons of course

2319 Cardassia goes after Bajor and strips it. Monsters Inc. 2319 means hostile contamination resulting in a purge of anything in contact with it. Fitting.

Yes, more about the Bajorans (Ancient or otherwise), please!

Great job Rick! May the prophets watch over you!

I wish knew more about the Wormhole aliens

Hi Ric, I do enjoy your insightful look at the many races in Star Trek, thank you, I would have to chose PAKLED

The Pakled Deserve some Explaining in a future video

I would LOVE to see more on the Bajorans, such as ancient Bajorans and the resistance, please and thank you! Great video!

From a writing perspective, I get why they went with the whole "Cardassian occupation" storyline(s), but from an in-universe one, why don't any of these civilizations with FTL capabilities just use robots to mine asteroids? I mean, you don't need to enslave holograms or have AI-controlled robots/synthetics to accomplish this...

Hey Ric! Thanks for this fine summary. In case you'd like to make a part two about the ancient Bajorans, their casts would be a very interesting aspect I'd like to learn more about. 8)

Actually did find a fan-made hasperat recipe. Long story short: pickled pepper veggie wrap.

Glad I am watching this since I am also watching DS9.

Yes please do A follow up to this video or do multi part on The Bajorans in the future. Until next time. Life Long and Prosier

Hey hey! Congrats on 100k!

That was when I knew I was gonna love DS9 @6:41 The Alliance for Global Unity aka "The Circle". I had liked it from the start. But that 3-episode story arc clinched it for me! The Cardasian empire were secretly behind the coup by the xenophobic radical political group that forced the Federation to disengage from Bajor. Often reflective of real-world political fringe activities. A story with layers within layers; worthy of John le Carré with a bit of Joseph Conrad thrown in also.

This was a very nice episode and the bajorans are one if my favorite people in Star Trek History. For me they seem to be an ancient race that made their way to a mostly peaceful society. I am not religious but i realy enjoyed how the Bajorans handled their belief. For me they are on my Star Trek Favorite top 5 of alien civilisations, as a teenage i even thought about an OP to get nose wrinkles like them... I had very open minded parents but thankfully they had good arguments against it, i still own a Bajoran earing and a fake nosepiece for my Hardfandoming Trekdays.😅

DS9 was a great series and these insights into the Bajoran culture are pleasantly engaging👍🏾. Would you consider creating a cultural index about the Betazoid?

This is what we have all been waiting for this is what its all about!!!

Would love more Bajor lore! 😊

Thanks this will help a fanfic story I've been writing!

Anyone else think that Jumja Sticks were a popsicle-like food until you realized that all of the scenes with them in it were in above freezing temps. and then realized they were more like lollipops. No? Just me?

Honestly, my favorite faction

Epic work keep it up respect.

I love the Bajoran culture.

Thanks Rick!

A video on ancient Bajor would be really cool, yes.

Interesting 👍.

i like it 👍🏼

Awesome video.

Aren't there TEN orbs now with the recent discovery of the Orb of the Emissary found at the start of DS9's 7th season? Bajorans used sub impulse Raider ships located on the Lunar V base during the Cardassian Occupation and in TNG Bajoran refugees BARELY made it out of their star system (Episode ( TNG: Ensign Ro, DS9: The Siege) You didn't mention the caste system people were confined to until the Occupation rendered them obsolete

Great video

so they're ike space Tibet

I never noticed they incorporated Cardassian foods. It makes sense because in real life nations that have been invaded often adapt foods from the invading nation into their own culture.

I would love to see a cultural index on a stargate species, such as the Gou'uld, or the Wraith.

I'd like to hear more about their history and religion, especially if it had the same schisms and colorful characters as we had on Earth. Did they have schisms like the Protestant Reformation or the Great Schism? Were some of their figures as corrupt, depraved, or insane as some of our Popes? Did they put a dead guy on trial (Cadaver Synod)? How did their caste system tie into their religion? What was the relationship between religious and non-religious authority? How did their caste system evolve over time?

ancient Bajor would be a very nice topic to cover :)

Please try out Travellers' directions of the Galaxy: Spinward - Antispinward and Rim and Core. :)

First off..? Splendid work! It could not have been easy condensing as deep a culture as Bajor given time constraints. Perhaps as a part two..? A look at both their Gods... And The Pah-Wraiths, their "Devils" for lack of a better term.. Just a thought.

I could have sworn that Bajor had elections mid series (thus ending the provisional government), but I'm having trouble finding the details.

Bajorans are some of the biggest bad-asses in the Star Trek galaxy, I mean, just look at how Shaxs went out in Lower Decks

"From the moment we arrived on Bajor it was clear that we were the superior race, but they couldn't accept that. They wanted to be treated as equals, when they most certainly were not. Militarily, technologically, culturally - we were almost a century ahead of them in every way. We did not choose to be the superior race. Fate handed us that role and it would have been so much easier on everyone if the Bajorans had simply accepted their role. But no… day after day they clustered in their temples and prayed for deliverance and night after night they planted bombs outside of our homes. Pride… stubborn, unyielding pride. From the servant girl that cleaned my quarters, to the condemned man toiling in a labor camp, to the terrorist skulking through the hills of Dahkur Province… they all wore their pride like some… twisted badge of honor."--Gul Dukat.

Very decent ceremonies

Yes please, more about Before!

Im not even really a Star Trek fan. I just really like Lore Channels

I'd love to see it expanded I nerd out for kirs5 ohp

Could you do Cultural Index videos on the races of Babylon 5?

More yes

The Bajorans are so fascinating.

when you were discussing food and wine, I noticed how you left out spring wine which was a very popular drink. Also while sports are not a big essential item, they are a strong part of a peoples culture and I think that spring ball deserves some mention

Out of all alien spices, homeworld and culture. Bajoran my favourite. I don’t know it feels magical away to me

I was actually disappointed when you decided to end it, culturarily I like them they remind me of us , humans, they are a very rich culture within the fiction.

I love the fact you mentioned the other races are not as revealed as Bajorans in the show. So they can be as complex and varied as the Bajoran people.

Hey Rick you watchin Enterprise

In addition to Ancient Bajorans, as it's curious why they didn't maintain advancement, perhaps something on what happened to the Bajoran colonies. Did they die out? Were they taken by the Cardassians too? Etc etc.

Could do please, of Babylon 5 - Minbari: Cultural Index

Pakled please!! Sooooo nostalgic ^^

Also, Bajoran space flight is interesting. We too are looking into light sails as a means to approach light speed travel through the cosmos. As it's just honestly the best most viable option in terms of energy efficiency.

Theoricaly Bajor could be classified as a Theocracy?

3:57 “Pellagra?” Sounds like there might not be much fresh fruit there….

I wanna see a cultural Index on the Klingon Empire.

I know you normally do Star Trek and such but could you do a a cultural index on Transformers

Peldor just gets more and more commercial every year

Maybe I am getting my directions wrong, but isn't Bajor on the 'West' side of Federation space? Love the videos as always.

Bajoran linguistic conventions are clearly inspired by the progression of Chinese from Classical to Modern

I love their culture nd production design, very carefully made and developed. And their women are so beautiful

I would like to see more about the Bajoran religion. The Bajoran church, it's leaders and religious practice. For the next race, I would like to see the Pakled.

Isn’t Bajor in the west of the galaxy

fit for the prophets. A bio video on Col. Kira would be nice.

How far did the light ships take them was it successful as a mode of freight delivery to nabours and and what not?

I would like to see a cultural index of the Zentradi.

2:30 About the Bayoran Lightship: Booker mentioned "Tachyon Solar Sail" as a FTL option. And the Ligthship managed warp by catching tachyons. So their FTL method might still be avalible as a Dilithium free option post burn. Granted he did mention it was "slow as shit", so it was propably not the fastest alternative. Discovery writers *really* knew the lore it seems :D 3:15 Several additional bodies (on top of hte main planet 11) were inhbatable: The moon Jerrado: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jeraddo Bajor 8: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bajor_VIII Not being wiped out by a single planetary appocalypse is a main driver to become Interstellar/FTL capable. Since they already had several planets, they was less reason for them to go elsewhere. And then there was the whole part about the Celestial temple being only in this System. 5:46 Wait a second: - A numbered list of republics - Highly cultured - Was occupied by space nazis - well known for their resistance movement, called "the Marquis" - joined a local alliance of a lot of systems pretty much they day it became free again - well known for their food and clothing Is Bajor Space France?

I always considered Hasperat more like a Stromboli.

I've got a video idea for you. Why did a minefield stop the dominion at all? Give it some thought. The speed of replication, the depth of the field, the speed of the swarm mines vs the amount of ships.

Can you do a video on wakanda from the comics or the mcu

west side!

Ahh the Bajorans. A species that brought us one of the most egalitarian people ever in Star Trek, Bareil Antos. And the most hated villain in DS9, Adami Winn.

If not for the federation, the bajorans never would had been free of cardassia cuz the bajoran resistance was barely a flea bite to the cardassians. The federation literally did everything while the bajorans lied and claimed victory.

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i want to see a video about betazoids.