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28 gru 2023 · In this paper, we describe one such society, the Iban, whose religious practices are often claimed to not include the worship of ancestors, despite ancestors being central to their religion.
The focus of this study is the interaction between Iban religion, traditionally one of ancestor worship and more recently syncretized with Christianity (Wadley, Pashia, & Palmer, 2006), and Iban cooperative practices, which usually consists of swidden rice horticulture, wild game hunting and fishing, and gathering wild vegetables (Wadley &
To the Iban, ADAT involves the basic values of life, including their system of agriculture, the code to which their society is ordered, as well as the 'correct' manner of behavior. Additional data in this work pertain to myths, beliefs in spirits, world view, seasonal rice cycles, and major agricultural rituals.
21 lut 2019 · The research findings found that sacred artifacts are still important in the culture of the Iban community even though they have embraced new religions such as Islam and Christianity.
We demonstrate that many of the gods and spirits of the Iban supernatural pantheon are most clearly understood as ancestors. Furthermore, we argue that the Iban example may not be an outlier, and that ancestor worship may be prevalent in many more societies than previously claimed.
The Constitution of Bangladesh declares Islam as the state religion. Bangladesh is the fourth-largest Muslim-populated country. Muslims are the predominant community of the country and they form the majority of the population in all eight divisions of Bangladesh.
1 lis 2020 · This review focuses on ways in which religious diversity is addressed in modern and secular Bangladesh within the religious educational frameworks and on pertinent gaps. The review has five substantive parts (plus an introduction and conclusion).