Pulotu, meaning abode of the gods, is a database of Austronesian religious beliefs and practices. You will find information on 137 cultures from the Moken of mainland Asia to the Māori of New …

Pulotu. Database of Austronesian Religions. Home; About; Cultures; Compare Cultures; Sources; Glossary; Manus (Titan) Manus is the largest of the Admiralty Islands off the northern coast of …

Pulotu, the proto-Polynesian word for the abode of the gods, is a database of supernatural beliefs and practices across Austronesian cultures. The database includes 137 Austronesian cultures …

The Sama Dilaut (more often known as the Bajau or Bajau Laut) are one of the ethnic groups of Southeast Asia known as the 'Sea Gypsies'. Linguistically, they are a subset of the Sama …

Pulotu. Database of Austronesian Religions. Home; About; Cultures; Compare Cultures; Sources; Glossary; Dobuans. Dobu is a tiny island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, near the eastern …

Question Response Source; Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus: 1600: Headland 1975; Headland and Headland 1997: Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2) …

The Kalinga are one of several large, historically non-Christian groups living in the mountains of northern Luzon. They are grouped together on the grounds of cultural and linguistic similarity …

Pulotu. Database of Austronesian Religions. Home; About; Cultures; Compare Cultures; Sources; Glossary; Chuuk. Chuuk (or 'Truk') is a complex atoll consisting of a ring of coral islets …

Question Response Source; Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus: 750000: Ellis 1838: 114; Larson 2000: xvii, 81: Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2) Medium …

Pulotu. Database of Austronesian Religions. Home; About; Cultures; Compare Cultures; Sources; Glossary; Bontok. The Bontok (also known as Bontoc Igorots) live in and around the town of …