Traditional Malagasy religion
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Traditional Malagasy religion is an indigenous belief system of Madagascar centered on ancestor veneration, sacred landscapes, and rituals that maintain harmony between the living, the dead, and the spiritual world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Traditional Malagasy religion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18631659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traditional Malagasy religion Context triple: [Malagasy people, religion, Traditional Malagasy religion]
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Shona traditional religion
Shona traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, centered on ancestor veneration, spirit mediums, and rituals that maintain harmony between the living, the dead, and the natural world.
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Tangale traditional religion
Tangale traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Tangale people of northeastern Nigeria, centered on ancestral veneration, nature spirits, and community rituals.
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Bakongo religion
Bakongo religion is a Central African spiritual tradition of the Kongo people, centered on ancestor veneration, sacred cosmology, and ritual practices that have strongly influenced Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin religions.
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D.
Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion from Haiti that blends West and Central African spiritual traditions with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of spirits called lwa.
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E.
Hmong folk religion
Hmong folk religion is the traditional animist and ancestor-venerating belief system of the Hmong people, centered on spirits, shamanic rituals, and maintaining harmony between the human and spirit worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traditional Malagasy religion Target entity description: Traditional Malagasy religion is an indigenous belief system of Madagascar centered on ancestor veneration, sacred landscapes, and rituals that maintain harmony between the living, the dead, and the spiritual world.
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A.
Shona traditional religion
Shona traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, centered on ancestor veneration, spirit mediums, and rituals that maintain harmony between the living, the dead, and the natural world.
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B.
Tangale traditional religion
Tangale traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Tangale people of northeastern Nigeria, centered on ancestral veneration, nature spirits, and community rituals.
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C.
Bakongo religion
Bakongo religion is a Central African spiritual tradition of the Kongo people, centered on ancestor veneration, sacred cosmology, and ritual practices that have strongly influenced Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin religions.
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D.
Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion from Haiti that blends West and Central African spiritual traditions with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of spirits called lwa.
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E.
Hmong folk religion
Hmong folk religion is the traditional animist and ancestor-venerating belief system of the Hmong people, centered on spirits, shamanic rituals, and maintaining harmony between the human and spirit worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.