The Bajoran holiday also known as the Peldor Festival, at which people write their troubles on renewal scrolls and burn them to mark a fresh start.
The Gratitude Festival, or Peldor Festival, is among the most important days of the Bajoran year. Celebrants greet each other with the words peldor joi and write their problems on renewal scrolls. These are burned in a brazier so that their troubles turn to ashes.
It is shown in Fascination in 2371. Kira Nerys acts as presider on Deep Space 9 and opens the celebration on the Promenade. Vedek Bareil comes to the station for it, as do Keiko O'Brien and Molly, back from Bajor for a short visit.
The day goes awry because Lwaxana Troi, also a guest, is suffering from Zanthi fever and is unknowingly projecting her feelings for Odo. Those near her develop sudden passions for the wrong people, and the party ends in a general brawl of misplaced affection.