A Talaxian holiday celebrating family, hosted by Neelix for the crew of Voyager shortly before his death and revival shake his faith in the afterlife.
Prixin is the Talaxian observance of family. Relatives gather for a feast, and the evening opens with a traditional salutation describing the family as a guiding tree whose members shelter one another.
It appears in Mortal Coil in 2374. Neelix, who regards the crew as his family, prepares the celebration in the mess hall. Before it he is killed on a shuttle mission and is revived eighteen hours later by Seven of Nine's nanoprobes. He remembers nothing of the Great Forest, where Talaxians expect to be met by their dead.
The party goes ahead and Tuvok delivers the salutation, but Neelix leaves early in distress. His loss of belief brings him close to suicide. Chakotay, and the need of the young Naomi Wildman for her godfather, bring him back.