Sentence examples for indigenous belief from inspiring English sources

Tzeltal religion and rituals are syncretic, combining aspects of indigenous belief systems with elements of Roman Catholicism.

She told Guardian Australia last month that proposing to build the site was an attack on the Indigenous belief system.

Generally rooted in traditional culture, it reflects the continued importance of oral history, storytelling, and indigenous belief systems in the region (see also Oceanic literature; New Zealand literature).

Perhaps nothing symbolizes this simultaneous familiarity and foreignness as his induction into our saintly pantheon: These days Bolívar is actively worshiped as a godly spirit in Venezuela's flourishing Afro-Caribbean cults, alongside the Virgin Mary and a host of "santos" derived from African and indigenous belief systems.

Because traditional indigenous belief systems often attribute illness and other distressing situations to the activities of witches or sorcerers, the term witch doctor, denoting a person who diagnoses and treats such conditions, was coined by 18th-century Western observers; by the late 20th century the term was generally considered pejorative.

Toraja's indigenous belief system is polytheistic animism, called aluk, or "the way" (sometimes translated as "the law").

Many Igbo are now Christians, some practicing a syncretic version of Christianity intermingled with indigenous beliefs.

Korean shamanism is rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs shared by many folk religions in northeast Asia.

Mesoamerican religion is a complex syncretism of indigenous beliefs and the Christianity of early Roman Catholic missionaries.

Mr. Brody shows how Christianity, though largely accepted in the far North, has treated indigenous beliefs as ridiculous and evil.

Church attendance is high in Ghana, where 63% of the population are Christian, 16% Muslim and 21% practising indigenous beliefs.