Bathouism

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Bathouism is the traditional indigenous religion of the Bodo people of Northeast India, centered on the worship of the supreme deity Bathoubwrai and reverence for nature.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bathouism canonical 7
Bathouism (among Bodo-Kachari groups) 1
Benzhuism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Bodo people ⓘ
centralBelief reverence for nature ⓘ
worship of Bathoubwrai as supreme deity ⓘ
corePractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
animal sacrifice in certain rituals ⓘ
offering of rice beer ⓘ
seasonal agricultural rituals ⓘ
cosmicDeity Bathoubwrai ⓘ
linked to: Bathou Borai
cosmologyElement sacred space around Sijou altar ⓘ
deityRole_Bathoubwrai lord of the universe ⓘ
protector of the Bodo people ⓘ
demographicContext followed by a minority of Bodo people ⓘ
follows Bathou ⓘ
geographicContext Bodoland Territorial Region ⓘ
Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
hasFestival Bwisagu-related rites ⓘ
Garja festival ⓘ
linked to: Kherai festival

Kherai festival ⓘ
historicalStatus pre-Hindu indigenous faith of Bodos ⓘ
holyDirection east-facing altars ⓘ
languageOfRitual Bodo language ⓘ
linked to: Bodo
majorDeity Bathoubwrai ⓘ
linked to: Bathou Borai
moralFocus community harmony ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
respect for nature ⓘ
organization All Bathou Mahasabha ⓘ
practicedBy Bodo people ⓘ
practicedIn Assam ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
relatedReligion Donyi-Poloism ⓘ
linked to: Donyi-Polo

Sanamahism ⓘ
Sarnaism ⓘ
religiousType non-proselytizing religion ⓘ
revivalMovement 20th-century codification and reform ⓘ
ritualSpecialist Doudini ⓘ
Douri ⓘ
sacredPlant Sijou (Euphorbia milii) ⓘ
sacredSymbol Sijou plant ⓘ
scriptureStatus primarily oral tradition ⓘ
symbolism Sijou plant represents Bathoubwrai ⓘ
five posts around Sijou symbolize cosmic elements ⓘ
worldview belief in spirits ⓘ
nature-centric cosmology ⓘ
worshipPlace Bathou altar ⓘ
community Bathou temple ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Bodo people → religion → Bathouism ⓘ
Bodo people → traditionalReligion → Bathouism ⓘ
Bai → traditionalBelief → Benzhuism ⓘ
linked to: Bathouism
Bathou Borai → religion → Bathouism ⓘ
Kherai festival → associatedWith → Bathouism ⓘ
Dimasa-Kachari → traditionalReligion → Bathouism (among Bodo-Kachari groups) ⓘ
linked to: Bathouism
Kachari people → religion → Bathouism ⓘ