indigenous beliefs of life after death

death as a philosophical concept

• loss of one’s ginhawa

  • kaluluwa is free of physical limitations

• spiritual connotations are attached/attributed to manner of death

mourning traditions

• burial and mourning traditions were common in indigenous communities

• proportional traditions based on kinship ties and importance of death

death as a continuation

• death is not often seen as the end of a human

• indigenous people believe that offerings could be brought to the next life

anito

• interpreted as “ancestor spirit”, generally referred to spirits

• causes good and bad events to occur on indigenous communities

  • like if u respect the object the spirit inhabits, u get good blessings coming ur way, if u disrespect the object, u get bad luck

the afterlife philosophical concept

• believed to be a similar world to a physical one

• varied per indigenous culture, but general belief of life after death

kaluluwa

• often remains in spiritual world

• various indigenous cultures believe that the soul roots in deity’s domain

offerings

• when a human dies, their status and materials are believed to be able to be carried over

• offerings aid the journey of the soul