Ngada indigenous religion

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Ngada indigenous religion is the traditional animist belief system of the Ngada people of Flores, Indonesia, centered on ancestral veneration, sacred village spaces, and rituals tied to agriculture and social harmony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animist belief system
indigenous religion
associatedWith Ngada traditional villages
agricultural calendar
clan-based social organization
communal feasting
sacrifice rituals
coexistsWith Roman Catholicism in Ngada communities
coreElement ancestral veneration
rituals for social harmony
rituals tied to agriculture
sacred village spaces
emphasizes collective over individual religious practice
kinship obligations
ritual exchange and gift-giving
follows animism
goal ensuring agricultural fertility
maintaining social harmony
securing ancestral blessings
hasConcept ancestors as spiritual protectors
balance between humans, nature, and spirits
reciprocal relationship between living and dead
sacredness of clan land
hasRitualType agricultural rites
communal thanksgiving ceremonies
healing rituals
life-cycle rituals
influencedBy local ecology of central Flores
practicedBy Ngada people NERFINISHED
practicedIn East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
Flores NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
recognizedAs local belief system (kepercayaan) in Indonesia
regulates inheritance of land
marriage rules
use of communal resources
transmittedBy oral tradition
ritual practice
usesSacredSpaceType ancestral houses
megalithic stones
village ritual plaza
worldview ancestors mediate between humans and higher powers
humans, spirits, and nature are interconnected
misfortune can result from ritual neglect

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Ngada people traditionalReligion Ngada indigenous religion