Mường shaman's hat

Muong ethnic religion is an ethnic religion, among the Muong, in Vietnam. It is polytheistic, sharing many supernatural beings with Vietnamese folk religion.[1] This ethnic religion has the lunar new year as main religious festival, including ancestor veneration.[2]

Every living person is thought to have many souls.[2] It sees the passage from life to death in stages.[1] It sees the soul as being divided in 90 parts.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Minority Groups in the Republic of Vietnam". 1966.
  2. 1 2 Research, American Institutes for (1972). "Minority Groups in North Vietnam".
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