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Ende's Animism

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According to local oral tradition, the Ende tribe were the first people in the Ende Lio region to descend from the highest mountain, Mount Lepembusu, which is located in the Wolotolo village residential area. According to folklore, their ancestors came from outside, namely by sea with rafts from the west, east, and north. The first ancestor of the Ende people was Nggae Sawu, who came from across and landed in Manado Sawu. Th Verhoever found human skeletons in the Momer & Bua burrows. The first excavation was carried out in July 1965. In 1701, for the first time in Kupang, an elementary school & Christian congregation were established by a traveling pastor. Belief in ancestors is a belief that developed in prehistoric times, this animism belief is a belief that still applies in the Ende Lio region, in this belief system, ceremonies for worshiping ancestral spirits are still the most important place in traditional ceremonies, they believe that people who have died have a huge rol

Marobo's Animism

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Timor Leste does not have an official culture. The culture of the Timorese people depends on the culture of East Timor, which is a mixture of tribes from Indonesia, one of which is the Marobo tribe. A French anthropologist named Brigitte Clamagirand once settled in the Marobo tribe settlement. In 1990, it was discovered that the population was around 3000 people. The reproduction process is the process of repeating and reproducing everything that is accepted as cultural heritage from our previous ancestors. Animism is a form of religion based on the belief that various kinds of spirits live in nature around humans. This belief gives birth to religious activities in the form of spirit worship. William A Haviland defines animism as a belief in spiritual beings who are considered to animate nature. Animism developed in a society that saw itself as part of nature, not the ruler of nature. For them, Gods & Goddesses are not important, but the forest is full of all kinds of spirits. Reli