They practice some form of ancestral spirit worship.
These two festivals have special importance on nature and ancestor's spirit worship.
Pagodas, and temples where spirit worship mingles with Buddhism, remain the focus of public life.
Bhuta Kola or spirit worship is practised, usually at night.
After having two daughters, she left him because of his spirit worship.
Although Catholicism has been partially accepted, Islam is strong and practiced along with their unique spirit worship.
The spirit worship was considered by the communists as a tool of 'feudal' elites to maintain their oppressive rule.
Islam was not forced on the population, and it did not replace traditional Indonesian spirit worship and mysticism.
Bhuta Kola (spirit worship), is usually performed by the Tuluva community at night.
They point out that spirit worship and the blessing of amulets, which were not part of Buddha's teachings, have been prohibited.