World Renewal ceremonies

E417255

World Renewal ceremonies are traditional Yurok religious rituals intended to restore balance, renew the world’s spiritual and natural order, and ensure the well-being of the community and environment.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arrow Renewal Ceremony 1
World Renewal Ceremony 1
World Renewal ceremonies canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American religious practice ⓘ
Yurok ceremony ⓘ
religious ritual ⓘ
affectedBy U.S. colonization ⓘ
U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ
missionization ⓘ
associatedWith Klamath River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific coast of northern California ⓘ
Yurok sacred sites ⓘ
continuity continue to be practiced in modified forms ⓘ
practiced before European colonization ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance central to Yurok worldview ⓘ
express Yurok concepts of balance and reciprocity ⓘ
reinforce social cohesion among Yurok people ⓘ
hasPurpose ensure well-being of the community ⓘ
ensure well-being of the environment ⓘ
maintain harmony between humans and the natural world ⓘ
prevent spiritual and ecological catastrophe ⓘ
reaffirm Yurok cultural identity ⓘ
renew the world’s natural order ⓘ
renew the world’s spiritual order ⓘ
restore balance in the world ⓘ
includesElement dance ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
observance of taboos ⓘ
offerings ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
ritual purification ⓘ
ritual speeches ⓘ
song ⓘ
performedBy Yurok ceremonial leaders ⓘ
Yurok community members ⓘ
Yurok religious specialists ⓘ
performedIn Klamath River region ⓘ
Yurok ⓘ
surface form: Yurok ancestral territory

Northern California ⓘ
surface form: northern California
practicedBy Yurok people ONNED1 ⓘ
recognizedAs important element of Yurok cultural heritage ⓘ
relatedConcept cosmic balance ⓘ
environmental stewardship ⓘ
spiritual reciprocity ⓘ
world renewal ⓘ
relatedTo Brush Dance ⓘ
White Deerskin Dance ⓘ
surface form: Deerskin Dance

Jump Dance ⓘ
religiousTradition Yurok religion ⓘ
revitalization subject of cultural revival efforts among Yurok people ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yurok → notableCeremony → World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
Wiyot people → ceremony → World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Renewal ceremony
Karuk people → ceremony → World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Renewal Ceremony
Sacred Arrows → ceremony → World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arrow Renewal Ceremony