El Dorado ceremony
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The El Dorado ceremony was a legendary Muisca ritual in which a gilded ruler offered gold and treasures into a sacred lake, inspiring the myth of a golden city sought by Spanish conquistadors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| El Dorado ceremony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11355103 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Dorado ceremony Context triple: [Muisca golden raft, depicts, El Dorado ceremony]
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A.
Bois Caïman ceremony
The Bois Caïman ceremony was a pivotal Vodou gathering in 1791 where enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue forged a spiritual and political pact that helped ignite the Haitian Revolution.
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B.
Machi healing ceremony
The Machi healing ceremony is a traditional Mapuche spiritual and medicinal rite led by a shamanic healer to restore balance and well-being within individuals and the community.
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C.
Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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D.
Silent Ceremony
The Silent Ceremony is a traditional, largely wordless ritual in the City of London during which the new Lord Mayor formally takes office in a solemn, private setting.
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E.
Sacrificial Dance
Sacrificial Dance is the violently intense, climactic final section of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a chosen maiden dancing herself to death in a pagan ritual.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Dorado ceremony Target entity description: The El Dorado ceremony was a legendary Muisca ritual in which a gilded ruler offered gold and treasures into a sacred lake, inspiring the myth of a golden city sought by Spanish conquistadors.
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A.
Bois Caïman ceremony
The Bois Caïman ceremony was a pivotal Vodou gathering in 1791 where enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue forged a spiritual and political pact that helped ignite the Haitian Revolution.
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B.
Machi healing ceremony
The Machi healing ceremony is a traditional Mapuche spiritual and medicinal rite led by a shamanic healer to restore balance and well-being within individuals and the community.
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C.
Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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D.
Silent Ceremony
The Silent Ceremony is a traditional, largely wordless ritual in the City of London during which the new Lord Mayor formally takes office in a solemn, private setting.
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E.
Sacrificial Dance
Sacrificial Dance is the violently intense, climactic final section of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a chosen maiden dancing herself to death in a pagan ritual.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muisca ritual
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legendary ritual ⓘ pre-Columbian ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
El Dorado myth
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linked to:
El Dorado (legendary city of gold)
legend of El Dorado ⓘ myth of a golden city ⓘ |
| culture | Muisca ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Spanish chroniclers ⓘ |
| documentedIn | 16th-century Spanish accounts ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Colombian cultural heritage ⓘ |
| inspired |
European legends of a city of gold
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Spanish search for El Dorado ⓘ expeditions of Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| linkedBelief |
Muisca cosmology
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linked to:
Muisca religion
Muisca sun worship ⓘ sacredness of lakes in Muisca religion ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Colombia ⓘ |
| mainFigure |
Muisca chief
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Muisca ruler covered in gold dust ⓘ zipa ⓘ |
| offeringType |
emeralds
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gold ⓘ other precious objects ⓘ |
| performedAt | Lake Guatavita ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Muisca people
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linked to:
Muisca
Muisca ruler ⓘ |
| performedInRegion |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
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Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
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| religiousFunction |
affirmation of ruler’s legitimacy
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renewal of political and spiritual power ⓘ votive offering to deities ⓘ |
| representedByArtifact |
Muisca raft (golden raft)
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linked to:
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca)
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| representedIn | Museo del Oro narratives ⓘ |
| resultingMyth |
European belief in hidden Andean riches
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idea of a golden king ⓘ idea of a kingdom rich in gold ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
covering the ruler with gold dust
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offering gold to a sacred lake ⓘ procession on a raft ⓘ throwing treasures into the lake ⓘ |
| sacredPlaceRole | water shrine ⓘ |
| sacredPlaceType | lake ⓘ |
| symbolism |
gold as representation of the sun
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gold as sacred substance ⓘ lake as portal to the divine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
before Spanish conquest of the Muisca
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pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
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