bobolian

E853071

ritual specialist shamanic practitioner spiritual healer traditional religious specialist

A bobolian is a traditional Kadazan-Dusun spiritual healer and ritual specialist who mediates between the human and spirit worlds in Sabah, Malaysia.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
bobolizan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ritual specialist ⓘ shamanic practitioner ⓘ spiritual healer ⓘ traditional religious specialist ⓘ
aim	ensuring health and prosperity of the community ⓘ restoring spiritual harmony ⓘ
associatedWith	ancestor veneration ⓘ harvest ceremonies ⓘ rice cultivation rituals ⓘ
ceremonialContext	community festivals ⓘ field and agricultural sites ⓘ household rituals ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
culturalRegion	Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicContext	Kadazan-Dusun NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	diagnosing spiritual causes of illness ⓘ maintaining balance between humans and spirits ⓘ protecting community from misfortune ⓘ
gender	often female ⓘ
knowledge	oral traditions ⓘ ritual formulas ⓘ spirit world cosmology ⓘ
language	Kadazan-Dusun languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ
performs	agricultural rituals ⓘ healing rituals ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ protective rituals ⓘ
practicedBy	Kadazan-Dusun people NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	part of Kadazan-Dusun cultural heritage ⓘ
religiousTradition	indigenous Kadazan-Dusun belief system ⓘ
role	conductor of traditional rituals ⓘ healer of spiritual and ritual ailments ⓘ mediator between human and spirit worlds ⓘ
spiritInteraction	appeasing spirits ⓘ invoking spirits ⓘ negotiating with spirits ⓘ
status	respected community figure ⓘ
threatenedBy	decline of traditional beliefs ⓘ modernization ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ
transmission	apprenticeship ⓘ inheritance within families ⓘ
uses	chants ⓘ offerings ⓘ prayers ⓘ ritual paraphernalia ⓘ sacrificial rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kadazan-Dusun → traditionalHealer → bobolian ⓘ

Rungus → traditionalHealer → bobolian ⓘ

this entity surface form: bobolizan