Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds
Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds are places regarded as holy within the indigenous Philippine folk religions. These places usually serve as grounds for communication with the spirit world, especially to the deities and ancestral spirits.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Religious shrine
- Also known as: “Dambana”
Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds
- Category: sacred place
- Location: Mahiyanganaya, Badulla District, Uva, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tagalog—“Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Дамбана”
- Cebuano: “Dambana”
- Chinese: “菲律賓原住民聖廟及聖地”
- Dutch: “Dambana”
- Japanese: “Dambana村”
- Swedish: “Dambana”
- Tagalog: “Mga dambana at sagradong lugar ng mga katutubong Pilipino”
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