Winti
E301294
Winti is a traditional Afro-Surinamese spiritual religion that centers on the veneration of nature spirits and ancestral forces through rituals, healing practices, and trance possession.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winti canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2830003 — 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: Winti Context triple: [Afro-Surinamese, religion, Winti]
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A.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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B.
Lucumí
Lucumí is a liturgical Afro-Cuban language variety derived mainly from Yoruba, used in Santería/Regla de Ocha religious rituals.
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C.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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D.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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E.
Orisha
Orisha are deities or divine spirits in the Yoruba religion, each embodying specific natural forces, human traits, and aspects of daily life, and serving as intermediaries between humans and the supreme god.
- 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: Winti Target entity description: Winti is a traditional Afro-Surinamese spiritual religion that centers on the veneration of nature spirits and ancestral forces through rituals, healing practices, and trance possession.
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A.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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B.
Lucumí
Lucumí is a liturgical Afro-Cuban language variety derived mainly from Yoruba, used in Santería/Regla de Ocha religious rituals.
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C.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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D.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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E.
Orisha
Orisha are deities or divine spirits in the Yoruba religion, each embodying specific natural forces, human traits, and aspects of daily life, and serving as intermediaries between humans and the supreme god.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afro-Surinamese religion
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Afro-diasporic spiritual tradition ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
ancestor veneration
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healing of spiritual imbalance ⓘ pantheon of spirits ⓘ possession as communication with spirits ⓘ ritual purity ⓘ |
| hasCoreBelief |
veneration of ancestral spirits
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veneration of nature spirits ⓘ |
| hasCorePractice |
divination
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healing practices ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ ritual drumming ⓘ sacrifice and offerings ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ trance possession ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Afro-Surinamese
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surface form:
Afro-Surinamese people
enslaved Africans in Suriname ⓘ |
| hasDeityType | winti spirits ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
healing of physical illness
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healing of spiritual illness ⓘ maintenance of relationship with ancestors ⓘ maintenance of social harmony ⓘ protection of individuals and families ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
developed during transatlantic slavery in Suriname
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experienced partial revival in 20th century ⓘ gained more public recognition in late 20th century ⓘ was discouraged by colonial authorities ⓘ was suppressed by Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Central African religions
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African traditional religion ⓘ
surface form:
West African religions
indigenous Surinamese beliefs ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext |
Dutch
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Sranan Tongo ⓘ |
| hasMainRegion |
Dutch Caribbean
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Netherlands ⓘ Suriname ⓘ |
| hasRitualElement |
use of altars
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use of baths and washes ⓘ use of herbs ⓘ use of offerings of food and drink ⓘ use of symbolic objects and charms ⓘ |
| hasRitualSpecialist |
healer
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medium ⓘ priest ⓘ priestess ⓘ |
| hasViewOnWorld |
humans must live in balance with spiritual forces
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world inhabited by multiple spirits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Winti Description of subject: Winti is a traditional Afro-Surinamese spiritual religion that centers on the veneration of nature spirits and ancestral forces through rituals, healing practices, and trance possession.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.