KGT 11: "While the conventional phrases used in some rituals are uttered in modern Klingon (such as those used in the Rite of Ascension, a ceremony symbolizing a young Klingon's attainment of a certain spiritual level), those used in a great many others are in a form of no' Hol (such as those associated with the bIreqtal [*brek'tal*], the ceremony in which the killer of the leader of a Klingon house marries the widow and thereby becomes the head of the house himself). In these cases, the phrases must be studied and memorized by the participants, then repeated back accurately. Improvising or paraphrasing is entirely inappropriate. Depending on when the phrases for the ritual originated, the words and grammatical constructions may be somewhat like or very different from those of modern Klingon. KGT 133: Younger Klingons, while accepting their heritage and observing the ancient rites, see some aspects of their elders' behavior and beliefs as, if not obsolete, then just old-fashioned. CK: Klingons have adopted the way most civilized planets in the galaxy tell time. PUN: family, cultural, societal "ties"? Related words: tay be civilized (v) tay ceremony, rite, ritual (n) - tayvam tIQ wIlopchoHjaj Let us commence this ancient rite. PB chontay ritual hunt (n) Heghtay death ritual (n) muvtay initiation, induction ceremony, initiation rite (n) nentay Rite of Ascension (n) qutluch tay Kut'luch Ceremony (n) ruStay bonding ritual (the *R'uustai*) (n) tayqeq civilization (n) tay' be together, be united (v) lop observe, celebrate (a ritual) (v) SeQ be formal, be ritualistic, be ceremonial (v) SeQHa' be informal (v) - Heghtay lulop latlh tlhInganpu'. Heghtay luloptaHvIS chaH chaq bey SeQ lujach other Klingons may perform a ceremonial howl or yell as part of the Klingon death ritual. S31