screenshots are from [#48 Remember]
screenshots are from [#48 Remember]
ENARANS
 the Enaran flag | The Enarans conduct a citizenship ceremony for Enarans which would seem to occur when a person comes of age or about that time. The pictured civic ceremony is from Korenna Mirell's memories - it is conducted by Jareth who is a civic leader. He addresses the waiting line of uniformed Enarans and the audience. |  |
The giving of citizenship awards is important in the history and culture of the Enarans because the exclusion of Regressives from the awards indicates that they were not considered to be Enaran citizens. Once that thinking began to prevail, it would probably not have been long before Regressives formed a large group whom the other Enarans considered to be both inferior and a threat, a development which seems borne out by the official response to the Regressives such as a curfew, exclusion of them from the city and eventually forcible "resettlement" probably extermination.
 | Jareth: "Once I stood where you are during the early days of interstellar exploration. It was an important leap forward for our people and I was proud to be part of it. Today, with the advent of terraforming, we stand ready to take another leap forward into an era of expansion and colonisation. You will show us the way. There are some who resist progress. Do not let the voices of fear and ignorance discourage you. Claim your rightful place as leaders of a new era. The future of Enara is in your hands."
The crowd applauds. |
 | Jareth: "Now today we honour a group of young people who represent our best hope for that future. It is a great pleasure to give this first award to my own daughter, Korenna."
There is more applause as Korenna/(Torres) steps up to the podium to receive her citizenship award. As he gives her the award he tells her: "I'm so very proud of you." |  |
Receipt of the citizenship award, according to the young Korenna Mirell, would help her towards becoming enrolled at the District Education Centre, for which there is an entrance examination. She hopes that she could be a Junior Instructor in less than a year. Regressives, however, were not allowed to go to the Centre. It seems that Korenna did succeed in becoming an Instructor (rank not known) and went on to teach Enaran children about their history. The history that she taught did not include the forcible nature of the "resettlement" of the Regressives and included these "facts" as spoken by Korenna herself to a group of children:
"The Regressive people had very strange ideas about how to live. They didn't want to learn new things or use any of the technology we tried to share with them. They decided to live somewhere else on their own, and we let them go. But they couldn't take very good care of themselves. They fought with each other. They spread all kinds of diseases. They destroyed themselves. It was very sad, but we can learn from their mistakes. That's why we keep this gate here, to remind us never to be stubborn and backward like they were."
Korenna Mirell instructs young children as they stand by the city gate years after the demise of the Regressives
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