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ancestor worship

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worship of ancestors

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Adherents also emphasize ancestor worship and hold that the spirits of the dead live side by side with the world of the living, each family of spirits having its own female priesthood, sometimes hereditary when it's from mother to blood daughter. Source: Internet

Besides Christianity, ancestral worship (Amadlozi) is the most practised non-Christian religion which involves ancestor worship and spiritual intercession. Source: Internet

However, they do concede that the site was probably multifunctional and used for ancestor worship as well. citation Isotope analysis indicates that some of the buried individuals were from other regions. Source: Internet

In addition to eating pork, the Uyghurs of Changde Hunan practice other Han Chinese customs, like ancestor worship at graves. Source: Internet

He says: … it would be helpful to recall … the animist religions which stress ancestor worship. Source: Internet

Indonesia In Indonesia ancestor worship has been a tradition of some of the indigenous people. Source: Internet

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