Batin's Animism
The native population of Jambi province includes the Batin tribe. The Batin tribe has Malay elements in its culture & some have combined with Minangkabau culture, many live in Bungo, Merangin, Tebo, and Sarolangun districts. Around 72,000 Batin people are living in the interior of southern central Sumatra. The Batin people come from people who inhabit the mountainous areas to the west, such as the Kerinci people who inhabit the lowlands to the east. In terms of belief, even after embracing religion, the practice of animism & dynamism is still strongly attached. Etymologically, dynamic comes from the Greek dynamis / dynaomos, but the dynamic is in English. Animism from Latin is anima which means soul/spirit. Animism, on the other hand, comes from the Latin word anima, meaning soul/spirit. According to EB Taylor, animism is the belief in the existence of living spirits & souls throughout the universe. In 1873 he wrote a book entitled Primitive Culture. In this book, he introd