Kaharingan

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Kaharingan is an indigenous animist and ancestor-venerating belief system of the Dayak peoples of Borneo, centered on harmony with nature and complex ritual practices.

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Kaharingan canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dayak religion
ancestor-venerating belief system
animist belief system
indigenous religion
associatedEthnicGroup Lawangan Dayak
Maanyan Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples

Ngaju Dayak
country Indonesia
hasAlternativeClassification Hindu Kaharingan
hasConcept reciprocity between humans and spirits
ritual obligations to ancestors
soul journey after death
hasCoreBelief animism
harmony with nature
veneration of ancestors
hasCulturalRole framework for customary law adat
marker of Dayak identity
hasDeityType ancestral spirits
creator god
nature spirits
hasFestivalType harvest festival
hasMoralPrinciple communal solidarity
maintaining balance with nature
respect for ancestors
hasPlaceOfWorship balai basarah
hasPractice agricultural rituals
complex ritual ceremonies
funerary rituals
healing rituals
sacrifice rituals
spirit mediumship
hasRitualObject ritual altars
sacred tree of life symbol
sacrificial posts
hasRitualSpecialist balian
wadian
hasScriptureType oral tradition
hasSymbol hornbill bird
tree of life
languageOfRitual Dayak languages
linked to: Bornean languages
practicedIn Borneo
Central Kalimantan
recognizedAs form of Hinduism in Indonesia
recognizedBy Indonesian government
religionOf Dayak peoples
threatenedBy deforestation in Borneo
religious conversion pressures
transmissionMethod oral transmission across generations
worldview cosmos divided into upper world middle world and underworld

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

Dayak peoples religion Kaharingan
Central Kalimantan religion Kaharingan
Ngaju people religion Kaharingan
Ngaju people traditionalReligion Kaharingan