Austronesian spirituality

thumb|330px|Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s

Kava or kava kava (Piper methysticum: Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Greek 'intoxicating') is a plant in the pepper family, native to the Pacific Islands. The name kava is from Tongan and Marquesan, meaning 'bitter'. Kava can refer to either the plant or a psychoactive beverage made from its root. The beverage is a traditional ceremonial and recreational drink from Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Nakamals and kava bars exist in many countries. Traditional kava is made by grinding fresh or dried kava root, mixing it with water or coconut milk, and straining it into a communal bowl. Outside

Indonesian ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi

Polynesian spiritual practice

thumb|right|Hula kahiko performance in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park thumb|Hula in Hawaii. Kumu Hula|Kumu hula Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett performed at the ceremony marking the transfer of control over Isla Zananda of Kahoolawe from the U.S. Navy to the state.

thumb|300px|, an ancient marae constructed of stone on in the Society Islands of [[French Polynesia, restored in 1994]]

Shrine to the protective spirit of a place that is found in the Southeast Asian countries

'''' () is a traditional Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. The Hawaiian word translates into English simply as correction, with the synonyms manage or supervise''. Similar forgiveness practices are performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand. Traditional is practiced by Indigenous Hawaiian healers, often within the extended family by a family member.thumb|right|Map of Hawaii

thumb|A Māori people|Māori man painting a tattoo on a carved wooden tiki at [[Whakarewarewa model village, New Zealand, ]] thumb|upright|Hawaiian kii at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park thumb|upright|Tiki statuette from the [[Marquesas]]

practitioner of ritual magic for healing purposes

thumb|Various Igorot bulul depicting [[ancestor spirits (c. 1900)]]

thumb|Priest conducting religious ceremony honoring the Hawaiian god Lono in Waimānalo, Hawaii|Waimanalo, Hawaii Kahuna (; ) is a Hawaiian word that refers to an expert in any field. Historically, it has been used to refer to doctors, surgeons and dentists, as well as priests, ministers, and sorcerers.

thumb|right|220px|Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, wearing a hei-tiki thumb|right|220px|Hei-tiki; circa 18th century; nephrite and [[haliotis shell; height: 10.9 cm (4 in.); from New Zealand; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)]]

Atua (Akua in Hawaii) are the gods and spirits of the Polynesian people such as the Māori or the Hawaiians (see also ). The literal meaning of the Polynesian word is "power" or "strength" and so the concept is similar to that of mana. Many of the atua that are known have originated from myths and legends of each Polynesian culture before Christianity was introduced. These days, the word atua is related to the monotheistic conception of God. However for Polynesian cultures, as opposed to having only one superior god, there are multiple atua.

In the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious or otherwise. Tohunga include expert priests, healers, navigators, carvers, builders, teachers and advisors. A tohunga may have also been the head of a whānau (family) but quite often was also a rangatira (chief) and an ariki (noble). The equivalent and cognate in Hawaiian culture is kahuna, tahu'a in Tahitian.

Kaharingan is an indigenous animistic folk religion of the Dayak people such as Katingan, Lawangan, Ma'anyan, Ngaju, Ot Danum, and Meratus peoples, native to the provinces of Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan in Indonesia.

thumb|260px|A dukun preparing traditional medicine (Dutch East Indies|Dutch colonial period, 1910–1940)

Witchcraft

The Sarimanok (Pronunciation: sá·ri·ma·nók), also known as papanok in its feminine form, is a legendary bird of the Maranao people, who originate from Mindanao, an island in the Philippines, and part of Philippine mythology. It comes from the words sari and manok. Sari means "assorted" or "various", while manok originally meant "bird" as evidenced by early Spanish colonial sources, but came to mean only "chicken", which is how it is understood today (i.e. the creature is a "bird/chicken of assorted colors").

animistic and polytheistic beliefs and practices

thumb|Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, near Hana, Hawaii|Hāna on [[Maui]] thumb|Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau thumb|Heiau, Mānoa Heritage Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2022-1025 thumb|An illustration of a heiau at Kealakekua Bay at the time of [[James Cook's third voyage, by William Ellis]]

Indigenous religions of the Philippines

thumb|15th century bulul with a pamahan (ceremonial bowl) in the Louvre Museum thumb|Wooden images of the ancestors in a museum in Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc, [[Mountain Province, Philippines]] Bulul, also known as bu-lul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao (and their sub-tribe Kalanguya) people of northern Luzon.

thumb|A variety of of indigenous / polytheistic designs. thumb|Other types of combined with folk Catholicism.

tree in the Philippines related to the banyan

The Malay and Indonesian word for spirit or ghost

In Polynesian languages the word aitu refers to ghosts or spirits, often malevolent. The word is common to many languages of Western and Eastern Polynesia. In the mythology of Tonga, for example, aitu or eitu are lesser gods, many being patrons of specific villages and families. They often take the form of plants or animals, and are often more cruel than other gods. These trouble-making gods are regarded as having come from Samoa. The Tongan word tangi lauaitu means to cry from grief, to lament.

range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls

A bomoh (Jawi: توء بوموه) is a Malay shaman and traditional medicine practitioner. The term is used mainly in Malaysia and parts of Sumatra and Borneo, whereas most Indonesians use the word dukun. It is often mistranslated into English as medicine man or witch doctor. In colloquial usage, the term bomoh is often interchangeable with another type of shaman or dukun, the pawang, but they generally serve different functions. The bomoh is primarily a healer, herbalist, geomancer, and sorcerer. The pawang on the other hand usually specialises in rituals involving weather, nature, animals, and a goo

Religious shrine