Home›Sacrificial Rituals›Indigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred GamesGroupIndigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred GamesCeremonies of indigenous peoples that offer the self, a ball game or an animal in a sacred setting: the Mesoamerican ballgame, the Plains Sun Dance and the Ainu Iyomante that sends off the spirit of a bear. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a ceremony of sacrifice or sacred contest of an indigenous people. It excludes sacrifices of the written traditions. Examples in the atlas include Mesoamerican Ballgame.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Indigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred GamesIndigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred Games3 entriesIndigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred GamesFilter Results3 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1650 (1)Attested InAllPopol Vuh (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (1)As the occasion requires (2)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (2)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllTrained or authorised specialists (3)Native To RegionAllJapan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Originated InAllJapan (1)Mesoamerica (1)North America (1)Kind of ritualAllIndigenous Sacrificial Ceremonies and Sacred Games (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3IyomanteSacrificial Rituals3 linksMesoamerican BallgameSacrificial Rituals6 linksSun DanceSacrificial Rituals4 linksSourcesIomante (Wikipedia)Has Member: Iyomante, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Iyomante, Introduction, sentence 1Iomante (Japanese: イオマンテ), sometimes written as Iyomante (Japanese: イヨマンテ) is an Ainu ceremony of Hokkaido and Sakhalin in which a hand-raised brown bear cub is ceremonially killed, under the belief that the soul merely returns to its god-world (kamuy mosir).View the SourceMesoamerican ballgame (Wikipedia)Has Member: Mesoamerican Ballgame, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Mesoamerican Ballgame, Introduction, sentence 1The Mesoamerican ballgame (Classical Nahuatl: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlist͡ɬi], Epigraphic Mayan: pitz; Spanish: Juego de pelota mesoamericano) was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE (the middle Mesoamerican Preclassic period of the pre-Columbian era) by the people of Ancient Mesoamerica.View the SourceSun Dance (Wikipedia)Has Member: Sun Dance, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Sun Dance, Introduction, sentence 1The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures, as well as a new movement within Native American religions.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.