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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 0221Community-bound / restricted

Anting-anting and agimat traditions

Southeast Asian Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: Colonial period onward with older Indigenous continuities
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 0640Community-bound / restricted

Babaylan traditions

Southeast Asian Traditions Practice / discipline

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: Precolonial origins; colonial suppression and modern revitalization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1363Community-bound / restricted

Hudhud chants of the Ifugao

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: Historically documented; living but endangered
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1364Community-bound / restricted

Subanen Buklog thanksgiving ritual system

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: Historically documented; living but vulnerable
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1814Community-bound / restricted

Darangen epic chant of the Maranao

Southeast Asian Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: precolonial oral tradition–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1815Community-bound / restricted

Punnuk tugging ritual of the Ifugao

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: long-standing; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1827Community-bound / restricted

Kalibo Santo Nino Ati-Atihan Festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: colonial-period transformations; living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1828Community-bound / restricted

Cebu Sinulog Santo Nino festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: colonial devotional roots; modern festival format since 1980
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1829Community-bound / restricted

Panay Bukidnon Sugidanon epic chanting

Southeast Asian Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: ancestral oral tradition–present revitalization
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 1830Community-bound / restricted

Tboli tnalak dreamweaving tradition

Southeast Asian Traditions Religious tradition

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: ancestral tradition–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2109Institution-specific

Our Lady of the Philippines Abbey

Christian Mysticism Order / organization

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 20th century–present OCSO listing
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2307Institution-specific

Black Nazarene Traslación

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: modern mass devotion with earlier image history; present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2308Institution-specific

Peñafrancia devotion and fluvial procession

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 18th-century roots; living annual devotion
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2309Community-bound / restricted

Obando fertility dance rites

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: colonial-period roots; living local devotion
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2310Community-bound / restricted

Moriones Holy Week ritual drama

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: colonial-period roots; living annual tradition
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2311Community-bound / restricted

Lucban Pahiyas harvest festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: living annual festival
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2312Institution-specific

Pakil Turumba devotional tradition

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 18th-century roots; living annual devotion
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2313Open / public

Dinagyang Santo Niño devotional festival

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 20th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2314Community-bound / restricted

Ifugao Balog prestige ritual

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: documented living or remembered community tradition
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2315Community-bound / restricted

Ibaloy Pakde community offering

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: documented living community tradition
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2316Community-bound / restricted

Tinguian Pala-an propitiation rite

Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: documented community tradition
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2828Institution-specific

Basilica Minore del Santo Nino de Cebu institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 16th-century foundation; present basilica complex
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2829Institution-specific

Quiapo Church institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: historical parish; present basilica and national shrine
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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Atlas 2830Institution-specific

San Agustin Church Manila institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Philippines
Period / origin: 1607 stone church–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPhilippines

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