Sundanese Wiwitan

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Sundanese Wiwitan is an indigenous Sundanese faith centered on ancestral traditions, nature veneration, and customary law, still practiced most prominently by the Baduy people of West Java, Indonesia.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sundanese traditional belief ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
associatedCommunity Baduy Dalam ⓘ
Baduy Luar ⓘ
linked to: Baduy
associatedLanguage Sundanese language ⓘ
coreBelief ancestral veneration ⓘ
cosmic balance ⓘ
harmony with nature ⓘ
nature veneration ⓘ
respect for spirits of place ⓘ
reverence for ancestors ⓘ
sacredness of customary law ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
emphasizes communal decision-making ⓘ
continuity of ancestral ways ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sundanese people ⓘ
governingNorms adat Baduy ⓘ
linked to: Baduy

pikukuh karuhun (ancestral injunctions) ⓘ
hasConcept adat (customary law) ⓘ
kabuyutan (sacred ancestral site) ⓘ
karuhun (ancestors) ⓘ
leuweung larangan (forbidden forest) ⓘ
mandala (sacred spatial order) ⓘ
pamali (taboo) ⓘ
pikukuh (customary rules) ⓘ
sasaka pusaka (sacred heirlooms) ⓘ
mainPractitioners Baduy people ⓘ
Kanekes community ⓘ
linked to: Kanekes village
moralPrinciple avoiding greed ⓘ
collective responsibility ⓘ
living simply ⓘ
obedience to elders ⓘ
preservation of environment ⓘ
prohibits cutting trees in forbidden forests ⓘ
selling ancestral land ⓘ
use of modern technology in core sacred areas ⓘ
recognizedAs aliran kepercayaan (indigenous belief stream) in Indonesia ⓘ
region West Java ⓘ
relatedTo Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
religiousCenter Kanekes village in Lebak Regency, Banten ⓘ
linked to: Kanekes village
ritualFocus agricultural cycles ⓘ
ancestral commemoration ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
veneration of sacred sites ⓘ
worldview ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
dynamism ⓘ
sacred cosmology of upper, middle, and lower worlds ⓘ

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

Baduy → religion → Sundanese Wiwitan ⓘ
Sundanese people → religion → Sundanese Wiwitan ⓘ
Sundanese people → traditionalBelief → Sundanese Wiwitan ⓘ
Kanekes village → religion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Pu'un → religiousContext → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Parahyangan → traditionalReligion → Sundanese Wiwitan ⓘ
Sundanese Wiwitan → relatedTo → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Urang Kanekes → religion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Baduy people → religion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Leuwidamar District → hasReligion → Sundanese Wiwitan (among Baduy people) ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Kampung Kanekes → religion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Baduy village → religion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan
Baduy Dalam → hasReligion → Sunda Wiwitan ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese Wiwitan