Indigenous Philippine folk religions

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Indigenous Philippine folk religions are the distinct native religions of various ethnic groups in the Philippines, where most follow belief systems in line with animism. These indigenous folk religions include a set of local worship traditions that are devoted to the anito or diwata (and their variables), terms which translate to gods, spirits, and ancestors. Many narratives within indigenous folk religions are transmitted orally to subsequent generations, but many have also been written down. The Spanish colonizers claimed that the indigenous peoples lacked religious writings, but records indicate otherwise. Accounts, both from Chinese and Spanish sources have explicitly noted the existence of indigenous religious writings. There are also Spanish records of indigenous religious books and scrolls, along with indigenous statues of gods, being burned by colonizers. In some sources, the Spanish claim that no such religious writings exist, whereas the same chronicle records that such books...

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