section_path: Specific religions/Indigenous and folk
section_name: Indigenous and folk
paragraph_text: Indigenous and folk
  
  Indigenous religions or folk religions refers to a broad category of traditional religions that can be characterised by shamanism, animism and ancestor worship, where traditional means "indigenous, that which is aboriginal or foundational, handed down from generation to generation…". These are religions that are closely associated with a particular group of people, ethnicity or tribe; they often have no formal creeds or sacred texts. Some faiths are syncretic, fusing diverse religious beliefs and practices.
  
  Folk religions are often omitted as a category in surveys even in countries where they are widely practiced, e.g., in China.