Atlas of Religious and Esoteric LineagesFive thousand lineages · worldwide

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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

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Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Atlas 0940Community-bound / restricted

Nan Pa’ch maize-veneration ceremony

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
Precolonial roots; living and revitalized
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 1437Community-bound / restricted

Rabinal Achí Maya dance-drama tradition

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
Precolonial narrative with colonial manuscript documentation; living community performance
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 1438Closed ethnoreligion

Q’eqchi’ Maya Tzuultaq’a mountain-valley traditions

Indigenous Americas Religious tradition

Public geography
Belize, Guatemala
Period / origin
Historically documented; living
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBelize, Guatemala

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Atlas 2397Community-bound / restricted

Oxlajuj Ajpop National Council of Maya Spiritual Leaders

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 2398Community-bound / restricted

Cofradía de la Santa Cruz / Rilaj Maam custodianship

Indigenous Americas Order / organization

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
Documented modern institution; current status should be checked with the institution
Evidence status
Related-entry source

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 2913Scholarly / historical only

Tikal ceremonial center

Indigenous Americas Sacred site / complex

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
3rd–10th centuries CE
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 3874Community-bound / restricted

Giant-kite tradition of Santiago Sacatepéquez and Sumpango

Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony

Public geography
Guatemala
Period / origin
Long-standing–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesGuatemala

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Atlas 4360Community-bound / restricted

Garifuna language, dance and music heritage

African & Afro-Diasporic Umbrella tradition

Public geography
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Period / origin
17th-century ethnogenesis–present
Evidence status
Directly cited

Candidate countriesBelize, Guatemala, Honduras +1

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