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Most religions we think of as indigenous are animistic religions, involving worship of spirits that inhabit familiar objects in the landscape and the heavens. These beliefs arose in similar fashion across the world. Many animistic religions gradually adopted the roles of shamans, to lead worship and rituals. When religions evolved into more sophisitcated forms, they tended to diversify away from their similar origins.
In india and africa some of them are muslim, christians.....
Wazzam is a 70's phrase, indigenous to African American communities that is similar to "what's up" or "how are you doing."
Absolutely not. Although many of their traditional teachings might be similar, even among Native American tribes there are differences.
The African locust bean plant has been used by indigenous healers for a long time. One study showed that an extract from the plant had properties similar to the antibiotic streptomycin.
Many Kenyans today wear clothing similar to that of Europeans or Americans, however traditional African clothing is not uncommon seen.
Both groups were forced to labor under brutal and inhumane conditions for the benefit of European masters.
The current most popular religion is IslamAnswer:The top 12 are listed below so that all the top 3 Abrahamic religions can be shown. The problem comes when people want to separate sects from religions - Christianity can be viewed as one unit or as several sects like Protestants and Catholics.While specific numbers vary, they usually are similar to:# Christianity: 2.1 billion# Islam: 1.5 billion# Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion# Hinduism: 900 million# Chinese traditional religion: 394 million# Buddhism: 376 million# primal-indigenous: 300 million# African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million# Sikhism: 23 million# Juche: 19 million# Spiritism: 15 million# Judaism: 14 million
The term "indigenous religion" can be used to mean the traditional religion of the indigenous or native people of a region. It can also be used to mean a religion that originated in the region, rather than brought by missionaries. In the first category, the term "shamanism", while popular in North American as New-Age terminology, is recognized as similar to other indigenous "religions," originating in Russia. Amongst Indigenous peoples of North America, "Shamans" are distinguished by actions, determined by level of expertise. Think of going to the doctor for a headache, and you are referred to a neurologist. In particular, a "Shaman" is distinguished as such when advancing to higher levels of assisting the individual, thereby assisting the community. Hence, the various "levels" of the old-time (and recently revived) Midewiwin Society. The traditional religion of Australian aborigines is animism. Animism is also recognized and relied upon amongst many other Indigenous Worldviews, including the North American Indian Cultures. In the second category, the worship of the Olympian gods is indigenous to Greece, while Christianity is not. Daoism is an ancient religion indigenous to China, and Falun Dafa is a more modern religion in the same category. Buddhism is widely practised in China, since ancient times, but is not indigenous to China.
Both groups were forced to labor under brutal and inhumane conditions for the benefit of European masters.
Both groups were forced to labor under brutal and inhumane conditions for the benefit of European masters.
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