Bugis indigenous religion

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Bugis indigenous religion is the ancestral spiritual belief system of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, centered on ancestor veneration, sacred cosmology, and ritual practices predating the region’s Islamization.

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Label Occurrences
Bugis indigenous religion canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian indigenous religion ⓘ
ancestor veneration tradition ⓘ
animistic religion ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
traditional belief system ⓘ
coexistsWith Islam in South Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: South Sulawesi
coreBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
ritual mediation between humans and spirits ⓘ
sacred cosmology ⓘ
spirit world ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes axis linking heavens and earth ⓘ
middle world ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
upper world ⓘ
follows Bugis cosmology ⓘ
hasConcept ale kawa ⓘ
bissu ⓘ
botting langi ⓘ
dewata ⓘ
pangulu ⓘ
peretiwi ⓘ
sanro ⓘ
saukang ⓘ
siri na pacce ⓘ
sumange ⓘ
tondi ⓘ
hasDeity Dewata Seuwae ⓘ
hasRitual agricultural fertility ritual ⓘ
healing ritual ⓘ
life‑cycle ceremony ⓘ
sea‑related ritual ⓘ
spirit possession ceremony ⓘ
hasRitualObject sacred cloth ⓘ
sacred kris ⓘ
sacred regalia ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist bissu priest ⓘ
dukun ⓘ
sanro healer ⓘ
hasText La Galigo epic ⓘ
Lontara manuscripts ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre‑Islamic South Sulawesi ⓘ
influenced Bugis customary law ⓘ
linked to: Bugis

Bugis royal rituals ⓘ
Bugis social norms ⓘ
influencedBy Austronesian animism ⓘ
practicedBy Bugis people ⓘ
linked to: Bugis
practicedIn Indonesia ⓘ
South Sulawesi ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
recognizedAs local belief (kepercayaan lokal) in Indonesia ⓘ
status partially syncretized with Islam ⓘ
practiced by minority of Bugis people today ⓘ

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Bugis → traditionalBelief → Bugis indigenous religion ⓘ