Sentences with phrase «ancestral spirits in»

While about 90 % identify as Christians, it is still common to honor ancestral spirits in local customs.

There they collected peyote, a hallucinogenic cactus that helps them contact ancestral spirits in the otherworld.

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The team considered two classes of religion: MHGs and a broader belief in systems of supernatural punishment (or «BSP») for social transgressions, such as those enacted through ancestral spirits or inanimate forces such as karma.

When T'Challa consumes the Heart - Shaped Herb — the ingestion of which transports one's consciousness to the spirit world — he is met with a magnificent ancestral realm: wide - open plains, spanning infinitely in all directions like the promise of possibility.

Our urge for spirited driving was kept in check, though, as the expressway jammed up with people going to their ancestral homes to observe seongmyo, the tradition of tidying up the graves of departed loved ones before Chuseok, the early October harvest festival.

This temple is one of the most important temple in Bali, because it is closely connected with ancestral spirits purification ceremonies or better known as Mount Nyegara ceremony.

For those wondering what the heck is a Kadomatsu: A kadomatsu («gate pine») is a traditional Japanese decoration of the New Year placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest.

This spirit is in search of the fragments of the Seasons and needs an envoy to meet the Guardians of the Seasons, large ancestral creatures who embody the essence of the Season they are protecting.

While we already live in the realms of what used to be science fiction, we seem to have simultaneously gone back to our ancestral past — a time when ancient civilisations believed spirits inhabited plants, animals, geographic features and even objects.

GALERIE MEYER OCEANIC ART This Parisian gallery's exhibition of 39 extraordinary Papuan «spirit boards,» ancestral wooden figures carved in low relief, stands out not just in contrast to a tent of mostly contemporary Western art but also for the works» effortless aesthetic achievements.

The Primas show is complemented by a gorgeous adjourning survey of «Ancestral Spirit Dances» in the robust oil pastel style of Dayton's own Willis «Bing» Davis, and Davis» oeuvre is magnified by several installations at the University of Dayton.