Serer religion
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Serer religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, centered on ancestral veneration, a supreme deity, and complex cosmology and ritual practices.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African traditional religion
ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ indigenous religion ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Christianity in Senegal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam in Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
community solidarity
ⓘ
honour and dignity ⓘ moral code of Jom ⓘ respect for ancestors ⓘ respect for elders ⓘ |
| follows | Serer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Serer religion of Roog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralDeity | Roog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Jom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ndut initiation NERFINISHED ⓘ Saas NERFINISHED ⓘ Saltigue NERFINISHED ⓘ Takhar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiurakh NERFINISHED ⓘ Xooy ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoonir NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmic egg ⓘ pangool NERFINISHED ⓘ primordial swamp ⓘ sacred forests ⓘ totemism ⓘ |
| hasCoreBelief |
afterlife
ⓘ
ancestral veneration ⓘ belief in a supreme deity ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ sacredness of nature ⓘ veneration of pangool ⓘ |
| hasEthicalPrinciple |
balance between humans and nature
ⓘ
fulfilment of communal obligations ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
Ndut initiation rite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xooy divination ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ agricultural fertility rites ⓘ libation to ancestors ⓘ offerings to pangool ⓘ |
| hasRitualSpecialist | Saltigue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSacredPlaceType |
ancestral tombs
ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ shrines of pangool ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Yoonir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
star of Yoonir ⓘ |
| hasTextualTradition | primarily oral tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy | pre-Islamic Serer culture ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Mauritania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewsRoogAs |
androgynous
ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ transcendent ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.