There seems no doubt that it was a sacred place, and the monitor a sacred beast, a tutelary creature to which some divinity attached. I wonder if he is accorded offerings of food. In any case ...

Individuals are believed to identify with one of the Orixas as their tutelary spirit. Candomblé is a uniquely South American religion that was created when beliefs brought over by the various ...

The festival is annually held on March 20-24 of the lunar calendar to worship the village’s tutelary god of the Hoang Family. Legend has it that one day while the daughter of King Ly Thai Tong ...

Through thousands of years in the history until today, each communal house usually has three main features. Firstly, it is the worshiping place of the Tutelary God of a village, the guardian of the ...