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#EsotericBookChallenge #EsotericBooks #OccultBooks #WitchcraftBooks #TheDead #TheMightyDead #TradCraftBooks #AncestorWorship
April 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Ancient Chinese bronze sculpture
Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Sichuan province
1600 BCE

#bronze #ritual #figure #religion #ancestorworship #belief #china #sanxingdui #sichuan #chineseantiquities #ancient #1600BCE
February 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Mayan urn
ceramic
550-900 CE

#Maya #mayan #precolumbian #prehispanic #mesoamerica #mexico #handmade #ceramic #urn #ancestorworship #ritual #religion
August 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Korwar Figure
carved wood with shell inlay
19th to early 20th century
Geelvink Bay, West Papua New Guinea

#tribal #oceanic #tribalart #oceanicart #indonesia #papuanewguinea #korwar #ancestorfigure #religion #ritual #ancestorworship #geelvinkbay #carvedwood #shell #antique
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Warrior figure
carved wood, pigments
late 19th century
Kanak people
New Caledonia

Two Kanak warriors c. 1880

#art #sculpture #handmade #carved #wood #pigments #kanakpeople #kanaky #newcaledonia #warrior #figure #tribalart #oceanicart #oceanicsculpture #ancestorworship #ancestors #belief #religion
July 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
doodbhere.bsky.social
Written by @amyblackthorn.bsky.social
It resonates with me so hard. #ancestorworship #oldgods
January 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
davezilla.bsky.social
#EsotericBookChallenge #EsotericBooks #OccultBooks ##LucumíBooks #PaloBooks #AncestorWorship #Kongo
January 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Adu Zatua figure
carved wood
north Nias island, Indonesia
late 19th century

#nias #niasfigure #aduzatua #ancestorfigure #indonesia #handmade #carved #wood #antique #late19thcentury #ancestorworship #ritual #religion #malefigure #ononihaculture
To honor deceased family members, villagers kept carved wooden figures to contain the souls of their ancestors in the family house. This male figure (adu zatua)wears a large headdress symbolizing the tree of life.
September 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
cricketwitch.bsky.social
A first of threes: my first #Samhain, my first Samhain Dumb Dinner, and my first Samhain without any of my #GrandParents alive.

#BlessedBe

#WitchSky #PaganSky #AncestorWorship
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
machiavelli33.bsky.social
Hateful Summer 3 - Ancestor Worship
The dirt, baked and unforgiving, brims to bursting with them. When the sun sets, remember them. Remember how they howled.
#hatefulsummer #darkart #surrealart #ghostart #gothicart #imaginaryhorrors #inkdrawing #ancestorworship
August 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Anthropozoomorphic face mask of the
"ekpo" society
wood, heavily encrusted patina
early 20th century
Ogoni people
Nigeria

#africanart #tribalart #ogonipeople #ekposociety #ritual #ancestorworship #initiation #mask #tribalmask #africanmask #carved #wood #handmade #
The Ogoni people are an ethnic minority group indigenous to Ogoniland, a region in the Niger Delta of southern Nigeria. Historically, they were a peaceful, agricultural, and fishing community whose lives were devastated by large-scale oil spills, pollution, and environmental degradation caused by oil exploration starting in the 1970s. Their struggle for environmental justice and rights gained international attention through the efforts of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). The Ekpo society is a secretive, male-only cultural institution, also known as the "ghost society," originating from the Efik, Ibibio, and Annang peoples of Nigeria. Known for its fearsome masquerades, it serves to enforce ancestral norms, uphold social order, and maintain spiritual beliefs regarding the afterlife and the influence of ancestors. Members impersonate ancestors to instill fear in non-initiates, particularly women, who are excluded from the society's core activities and rituals.
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
dogdad78.bsky.social
I'm looking for people who believe in ancestor worship or veneration. I want to learn more about honoring and communing with my ancestors.

#ancestors
#ancestorworship
#ancestorveneration
December 15, 2024 at 8:23 AM
woeisshe.bsky.social
I am trying to develop a dialogue between the West's understanding of ancestor "worship" and longstanding precolonial traditions that include ancestor veneration. The concept of #ancestorworship typically gets dismissed in modernity, despite being a core foundation of many current day cultures.
June 11, 2026 at 4:54 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Zamble mask
carved wood, pigments
early 20th century
Guro people
Ivory Coast, West Africa

#handmade #carved #wood #pigments #zamblemask #ritualmask #tribalmask #africanmask #tribalart #africanart #africansculpture #culture #dance #ritual #religion #ancestorworship #protection #art #sculpture #mask
A Zamble mask is a sacred, mythical headpiece created by the Guro people of the Ivory Coast in West Africa. It depicts a powerful composite spirit that blends the graceful horns of an antelope with the fierce jaw of a leopard. Zamble is a central male spirit accompanied by two other iconic masks: his beautiful wife, Gu, and his wild, rambunctious brother, Zuali (often spelled Zauli). The mask is heavily associated with ancestor worship. It is used during sacred rituals, commemorative feasts, and "second funerals" to honor deceased community members or detect harm and settle disputes. Because the Zamble spirit is capricious and powerful, it is typically worn by the community's best athletic dancer, who performs rapid, physically demanding, and highly acrobatic routines. The masks feature an elongated face, heavily detailed tribal scarifications, and an open mouth representing the exhaustion of a hunt.
July 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Male Figure (Moai Tangata)
carved wood
early 19th century
Rapa Nui people
Easter Island

#oceanicart #easterisland #rapanuipeople #moaitangata #tribalart #handmade #carved #wood #ritual #ancestorworship #antique
Of all Rapa Nui wood sculptures, the naturalistic male figures known as moai tangata, with their enlarged heads, frontal stance, and prominent stomachs, bear the closest formal resemblance to the island's well-known stone figures. Little is known about the nature and use of moai tangata, but they likely portray ancestors or other powerful supernatural beings. This example has a hole drilled through the neck, indicating that like other Rapa Nui figures, it may have been worn as a pendant during harvest festivals and other ceremonies. What appears to be the figure's hair consists of a group of three images depicting fish-like creatures with human heads and long flowing beards. These distinctive fish-men, virtually identical to examples that appear in Rapa Nui rock art, possibly represent spirits called nuihi, which combine the features of humans and sharks.
July 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
La lune se lève sur l'île de Nias
gelatin silver print
1926
Man Ray
(1890-1976)

#manray #laluneselevesurliledenias #gelatinsilverprint #photo #dada #surrealism #indonesia #tribalart #niasisland #sirahasalawa #tribalsculpture #ancestorworship #sculpture #carvedwood #oceanicart #helenarubinstein
One of the greatest Nias statues (siraha salawa) extant, representing an important chiefly ancestor. This statue has a well-documented history in Europe, as it once belonged to the cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein. She was dubbed "the empress of beauty" by Jean Cocteau, as much for her outstanding collection of art as for her business acumen. This statue was the subject of a famous 1926 photograph taken by the famed Dadaist and conceptual artist Man Ray. "The Moon Rises over the Island of Nias" appeared on the cover of an inaugural exhibition at the Galerie Surréaliste entitled Tableaux de Man Ray et objects des îles. On that occasion, Man Ray's photographs were displayed alongside more than sixty sculptures from Indonesia and the Pacific Islands that had been loaned from the legendary collection of André Breton.
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Mask
carved wood, pigment
19th century
Kanak People
New Caledonia

#tribal #mask #tribalart #tribalculture #oceanicart #oceania #kanakpeople #newcaledonia #ritual #ancestor #ancestorworship #funeral #spiritual #social #culture #religion #ritual
Masks from the Kanak people were used during funerary ceremonies to honor chiefs and connect with the ancestors. Carved from wood and decorated with fibers, shells, and natural pigments, each mask represents a spirit that mediates between the living and the dead. Their formal language, with stylized features and strong presence, reflects a social and spiritual order deeply rooted in Kanak culture.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
drangelapuca.bsky.social
Full episode on ANCESTORS on my YouTube channel 👉https://youtu.be/zAQp0htYVOY?si=TChktX8U9F7rLTSm

#ancestors #ancestorworship #samhain
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
luciddreamrr.bsky.social
"You're just saying that cuz your a recovering academic with a useless PhD." 😒

Unless you want me to tie you to the bed and read Freire et al to you, you better get citing. 😈

#FeministPolitics #AncestorWorship #CitationalMagic #Archives #PauloFreire #AudreLorde #AlexisPaulineGumbs #SaraAhmed
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Before we forget where things came from.

#CitationMakesMeWet
January 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
lesliehope.bsky.social
No matter what we're going through in life, someone we came from went through the same thing. Contact your Ancestors & begin forging a relationship with them! etsy.me/3N3Pw0z
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October 31, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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November 7, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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November 7, 2024 at 7:30 PM
lesliehope.bsky.social
No matter what we're going through in life, someone we came from went through the same thing. Contact your Ancestors to begin forging a relationship with them
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June 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
dilipvisvkrma.bsky.social
मोक्ष का मार्ग या पितर लोक का? गीता अध्याय 9 श्लोक 25 के अनुसार पितरों को पूजने वाले पितरों को ही प्राप्त होते हैं, परमात्मा को नहीं। यानी श्राद्ध से मुक्ति नहीं बल्कि श्राद्ध करने वाला स्वयं पितर बनता है।

#Shradh #ancestorworship #pinddaan
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#SantRampalJiMaharaj
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
mostlyasianhistory.bsky.social
I went to the movies this week and then wrote this. Deep thoughts, Chinese history, AND LOTS OF CUTE WOMEN WITH GUNS AND EXPLOSIONS!! A winning combination

#girlswithgunsgenre #hongkongfilms #ancestorworship #chinesepopularreligion #Chinesehistory #films

open.substack.com/pub/peterhus...
Ancestor Worship in the Hong Kong Girl's with Guns Genre
Deep thoughts on the 1990 Hong Kong Action film "She Shoots Straight."
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June 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM