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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.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 3814Scholarly / historical only

Hikayat Aceh Islamic hagiographic manuscript corpus

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia, Netherlands
Period / origin: Seventeenth-century Acehnese court and hagiographic manuscript tradition concerning the fifteenth–seventeenth centuries; registered by UNESCO in 2023
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia, Netherlands

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Atlas 3829Scholarly / historical only

Hamzah Fansuri Sufi prose-and-poetry corpus

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia, Malaysia
Period / origin: Sixteenth-century Malay prose-and-poetry corpus documented by UNESCO; the source identifies its Sufi teachings and 2025 Memory of the World registration
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia, Malaysia

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Atlas 3909Community-bound / restricted

Asmat jipae ancestor-mask feast

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: 20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 3910Community-bound / restricted

Asmat emak cem bone-house initiation

Oceanian & Circumpolar Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: 20th-century documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4211Institution-specific

Saṅgha Theravāda Indonesia

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Modern; living monastic body
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4212Institution-specific

Majelis Buddhayana Indonesia

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Modern; living organization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4295Open / public

Tawur Kesanga of Yogyakarta

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Living annual observance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4296Community-bound / restricted

Nyepi Segara of Nusa Penida

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual observance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4297Community-bound / restricted

Nujuh Jerami harvest rite

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual observance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4298Community-bound / restricted

Mabuug-buugan of Kedonganan

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Living annual post-Nyepi observance
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4299Community-bound / restricted

Seren Taun of the Kasepuhan Banten Kidul

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4300Community-bound / restricted

Penti ceremony of Wae Rebo

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4301Community-bound / restricted

Wulla Poddu ritual month

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4302Community-bound / restricted

Asyeik ritual oral tradition of Kerinci

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living community transmission
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4303Community-bound / restricted

Entas-Entas Tengger mortuary rite

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living mortuary cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4304Open / public

Perang Topat at Lingsar

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4305Community-bound / restricted

Tabuik of Pariaman

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Nineteenth-century local formation; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4311Open / public

Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Historical Old Javanese work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4312Open / public

Kuñjarakarṇa Dharmakathana

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Historical Old Javanese work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4313Open / public

Vṛhaspatitattva

Southeast Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Historical Old Javanese work; current e-text and scholarship documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4314Community-bound / restricted

Kare-kare Tenganan Pegringsingan

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual community rite
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4315Community-bound / restricted

Ter-Teran of Jasri

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Longstanding; living biennial community rite
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4318Institution-specific

Nahdlatul Ulama

Southeast Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Founded in 1926; living organization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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Atlas 4319Institution-specific

Muhammadiyah

Southeast Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Indonesia
Period / origin: Founded in 1912; living organization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesIndonesia

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