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Religions

Religion Heritage Taboos Cultures
Catholic Christian — 67
Oriental Orthodox Christian — 6
Orthodox Christian — 14
Protestant Christian — 28
Gelugpa Dharmic — 5
Hindu Dharmic Meat 20
Mahayana Dharmic — 3
Sikh Dharmic — 1
Theravada Dharmic — 8
Animist Indigenous — 95
Ibadi Islamic Liquor, Wine —
Shiite Islamic Liquor, Wine 7
Sunni Islamic Liquor, Wine 53
Jewish Jewish Groceries 2
Atheist Materialist — 2
Confucian Taoic — 6
Shinto Taoic — —

Cultures

Culture Heritage Language Default religion Obsessions Traditions
Afar Abyssinian Afar Sunni — —
Amhara Abyssinian Amharic Oriental Orthodox — —
Beja Abyssinian Beja Sunni — —
Oromo Abyssinian Galla Oriental Orthodox — —
Sidama Abyssinian Sidama Oriental Orthodox — —
Tigray Abyssinian Tigrinya Oriental Orthodox — —
Afro-American African Diaspora Anglophone Protestant — —
Afro-Antillean African Diaspora Creole Catholic — —
Afro-Brazilian African Diaspora Lusophone Catholic Coffee —
Afro-Caribbean African Diaspora Patois Protestant Liquor —
Afro-Caribeño African Diaspora Hispanophone Catholic — —
Boer African Settler Dutch Protestant Meat —
Haratin Afro-Arab Arabic Sunni — —
Sudanese Afro-Arab Arabic Sunni — —
Ainu Ainu Ainu Animist — —
Albanian Albanian Albanian Sunni Tobacco Rumelian
Amazonian Amazonian Amazonian Animist — —
Azerbaijani Anatolian Oghuz Shiite — Caucasian, Persianate
Turkish Anatolian Oghuz Sunni Coffee Rumelian
Aimara Andean Aymaran Catholic — —
Muisca Andean Muiscan Animist — —
Quechua Andean Quechuan Catholic — —
Bedouin Arab Arabic Sunni Coffee —
Maghrebi Arab Arabic Sunni Tea —
Mashriqi Arab Arabic Shiite Coffee —
Misri Arab Arabic Sunni Coffee —
Yemenite Arab Arabic Shiite Coffee —
Armenian Armenian Armenian Oriental Orthodox Tobacco Caucasian
Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Yiddish Jewish — Israelite
Assamese Assamese Eastern Hindi Hindu Tea —
Tupinamba Atlantic Tupi Animist — —
Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Animist — —
Estonian Baltic Finnic Protestant — —
Latvian Baltic Baltic Protestant — —
Lithuanian Baltic Baltic Catholic Liquor —
Amazigh Berber Berber Sunni — —
Bidan Berber Arabic Sunni — —
Tuareg Berber Berber Sunni — —
Australian British Anglophone Protestant Tea —
English British Anglophone Protestant Tea —
Gael British Gaelic Protestant — —
Irish British Gaelic Catholic Liquor —
Scottish British Anglophone Protestant Liquor —
Welsh British Brythonic Protestant — —
Burmese Burmese Burmic Theravada — —
Kachin Burmese Kachinic Animist — —
Karen Burmese Karenic Theravada — —
Mon Burmese Monic Theravada — —
Hokan Californian Indian Hokan Animist — —
Khmer Cambodian Khmeric Theravada — —
Cariban Caribbean Cariban Animist — —
Guajiro Caribbean Guajiro Catholic — —
Miskito Caribbean Miskito Protestant — —
Malayalam Carnatic Tamil-Tulu Hindu Fruit —
Tamil Carnatic Tamil-Tulu Hindu Sugar —
Bagheli Central Hindustani Hindu — —
Bundeli Central Hindustani Hindu — —
Chhattisgarhi Central Hindustani Hindu — —
Gondi Central South-Central Hindu — —
Athabaskan Circumpolar Athabaskan Animist Tobacco —
Inuit Circumpolar Eskimoan Animist Tobacco —
Azande Congolese Zande Animist — —
Bakongo Congolese Kongo Animist — —
Equatorial Bantu Congolese Equatorial Bantu Animist — —
Fluvial Bantu Congolese Fluvial Bantu Animist — —
Luba Congolese Luba Animist — —
Lunda Congolese Lunda Animist — —
Mongo Congolese Mongo Animist — —
Fur Darfurian Fur Sunni — —
Deccani Deccani Hindustani Sunni — —
Kannada Deccani Tamil-Tulu Hindu — —
Marathi Deccani Southern Indic Hindu Tea —
Telugu Deccani South-Central Hindu — —
Malagasy East African Malagasy Animist — —
Byelorussian East Slavic East Slavic Orthodox Liquor —
Russian East Slavic East Slavic Orthodox Liquor Russosphere
Ukrainian East Slavic East Slavic Orthodox Liquor —
Baganda Eastern Bantu Lacustrine Bantu Animist — —
Chewa Eastern Bantu Nyasa Animist — —
Kikuyu Eastern Bantu Kikuyu Animist — —
Lacustrine Bantu Eastern Bantu Lacustrine Bantu Animist — —
Lomwe Eastern Bantu Makua Animist — —
Makua Eastern Bantu Makua Animist — —
Nyamwezi Eastern Bantu Nyamwezi Animist — —
Ruanda Eastern Bantu Lacustrine Bantu Animist — —
Rundi Eastern Bantu Lacustrine Bantu Animist — —
Sukuma Eastern Bantu Takama Sunni — —
Swahili Eastern Bantu Swahili Sunni — —
Yao Eastern Bantu Yao Animist — —
Lushai Eastern Highlands Mizo Animist — —
Manipuri Eastern Highlands Meitei Hindu — —
Naga Eastern Highlands Naga Animist — —
Algonquian Eastern Woodlands Indian Algonquian Animist Tobacco —
Iroquoian Eastern Woodlands Indian Iroquoian Animist — —
O’odham Eastern Woodlands Indian Piman Animist — —
Yuanzhumin Formosan Formosan Animist — —
Breton Gallic Brythonic Catholic — —
Franco-Provençal Gallic Arpitan Catholic Sugar Helvetic
French Gallic Francophone Catholic Wine —
Occitan Gallic Occitano-Romance Catholic Wine —
Avadhi Gangetic Hindustani Hindu — —
Bengali Gangetic Magadhan Sunni Fruit —
Bihari Gangetic Magadhan Hindu — —
Hindustani Gangetic Hindustani Hindu — —
Oria Gangetic Magadhan Hindu — —
Georgian Georgian Georgian Orthodox Wine Caucasian
Alemannic Germanic Germanophone Protestant Meat Helvetic
Eastern German Germanic Germanophone Protestant — Russosphere
North German Germanic Germanophone Protestant Meat —
South German Germanic Germanophone Catholic Meat —
Paiute Great Basin Indian Numic Animist — —
Greek Greek Greek Orthodox Wine —
Guarani Guarani Guarani Animist Fruit —
Akan Guinean Akan Animist — —
Bassa Guinean Kru Animist — —
Edo Guinean Edo Animist — —
Ewe Guinean Gbe Animist — —
Fang Guinean Beti Animist — —
Fon Guinean Gbe Animist — —
Ibibio Guinean Ibibio Animist — —
Ibo Guinean Igbo Animist — —
Kissi Guinean Kissi Animist — —
Kru Guinean Kru Animist — —
Mossi Guinean Mossi Animist — —
Tiv Guinean Tiv Animist — —
Yoruba Guinean Yoruba Animist — —
Gujarati Gujarati Western Indic Hindu Tea —
Hakka Han Hakka Confucian — Sinosphere
Han Han Mandarin Confucian Opium Sinosphere
Min Han Min Confucian — Sinosphere
Yue Han Yue Confucian — Sinosphere
Hazara Hazaran Persian Shiite — Persianate
Nepali Himalayan Pahari Hindu Tea Himalayan
Pahari Himalayan Pahari Hindu — —
Aragonese Iberian Aragonese Catholic — —
Asturleonese Iberian Asturleonese Catholic — —
Basque Iberian Basque Catholic Wine —
Catalan Iberian Occitano-Romance Catholic Wine —
Galician Iberian Lusophone Catholic — —
Iberian Iberian Esperanto Atheist — —
Portuguese Iberian Lusophone Catholic Wine —
Spanish Iberian Hispanophone Catholic Liquor —
Punjabi Indusine Northwestern Indic Sikh Tea —
Sindi Indusine Northwestern Indic Sunni — —
Sinhala Insular Southern Indic Theravada — —
Balinese Insulindian Malay Hindu Fruit —
Batak Insulindian Batak Animist — —
Bornean Insulindian Malay Sunni — —
Champa Insulindian Cham Sunni — —
Dayak Insulindian Dayak Animist — —
Filipino Insulindian Hispanophone Catholic Coffee —
Filipino Mestizo Insulindian Hispanophone Catholic Coffee —
Ilocano Insulindian Philippinic Catholic — —
Javan Insulindian Malay Sunni — —
Lumad Insulindian Philippinic Animist — —
Malay Insulindian Malay Sunni — —
Moluccan Insulindian Moluccan Sunni — —
Moro Insulindian Philippinic Sunni — —
Pilipino Insulindian Philippinic Catholic Coffee —
Sumatran Insulindian Malay Sunni — —
Tagalog Insulindian Philippinic Catholic — —
Visayan Insulindian Philippinic Catholic — —
Baluchi Iranian Baluchi Sunni — Persianate
Kurdish Iranian Kurdish Sunni — Persianate
Luri Iranian Persian Shiite — Persianate
Mazanderani Iranian Tabari Shiite — Persianate
Pashtun Iranian Pashto Sunni — Persianate
Pathan Iranian Hindustani Sunni Tobacco Persianate
Persian Iranian Persian Shiite — Persianate
Tajik Iranian Persian Sunni — Persianate
Corsican Italic Italian Catholic — —
Maltese Italic Arabic Catholic — —
North Italian Italic Italian Catholic Wine —
South Italian Italic Italian Catholic Wine —
Japanese Japanese Japanese Mahayana Tea —
Ryukyuan Japanese Ryukyuan Mahayana — Sinosphere
Chitrali Kashmiri Dardic Sunni — —
Kashmiri Kashmiri Dardic Sunni — —
Khmu Khmu Khmuic Animist — —
Khoisan Khoisan Khoisan Animist — —
Kazakh Kipchak Kipchak Sunni — —
Kyrgyz Kipchak Kipchak Sunni — —
Nuba Kordofanian Kordofanian Animist — —
Korean Korean Korean Confucian Liquor Sinosphere
Amazonic Latin American Settler Lusophone Catholic — —
Argentine Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Meat —
Bolivian Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Brazilian Latin American Settler Lusophone Catholic Coffee —
Caribeño Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Sugar —
Central American Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Coffee —
Chilean Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Tea —
Colombian Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Ecuadorian Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Mexican Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Liquor —
Nordestino Latin American Settler Lusophone Catholic Wine —
North Andean Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Meat —
Paraguayan Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Paulista Latin American Settler Lusophone Catholic — —
Peruvian Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Platinean Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic Meat —
South Andean Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Sulista Latin American Settler Lusophone Catholic Meat —
Uruguayan Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Venezuelan Latin American Settler Hispanophone Catholic — —
Hungarian Magyar Hungarian Catholic Meat —
Szekler Magyar Hungarian Catholic — —
Manchu Manchu Jurchenic Confucian — Sinosphere
Melanesian Melanesian Melanesian Animist Meat —
Maya Mesoamerican Mayan Catholic Tobacco —
Mixtec Mesoamerican Mixtecan Animist — —
Nahua Mesoamerican Nahuan Catholic — —
Tarascan Mesoamerican Tarascan Catholic — —
Zapotec Mesoamerican Zapotecan Catholic — —
Miao Miao Hmong Animist — Sinosphere
Micronesian Micronesian Micronesian Animist — —
Buryat Mongolian Buryat Gelugpa — —
Kalmyk Mongolian Mongolian Gelugpa — Russosphere
Mongol Mongolian Mongolian Gelugpa Meat —
Dutch Netherlandish Dutch Protestant Coffee —
Flemish Netherlandish Dutch Catholic Coffee —
Wallonian Netherlandish Francophone Catholic Coffee —
Dinka Nilotic Dinka Animist — —
Luo Nilotic Luo Animist — —
Maasai Nilotic Maa Animist — —
Nilotic Nilotic Nilotic Animist — —
Nuer Nilotic Nuer Animist — —
Danish Nordic Scandinavian Protestant Tea —
Finnish Nordic Finnic Protestant Coffee —
Icelandic Nordic Scandinavian Protestant — —
Karelian Nordic Finnic Orthodox — —
Norwegian Nordic Scandinavian Protestant Fish —
Swedish Nordic Scandinavian Protestant Coffee —
Anglo-Canadian North American Settler Anglophone Protestant Tea —
Cajun North American Settler Francophone Catholic — —
Dixie North American Settler Anglophone Protestant Tobacco, Small Arms —
Franco-Canadian North American Settler Francophone Catholic Liquor —
Yankee North American Settler Anglophone Protestant Coffee, Small Arms —
Chechen North Caucasian Vainakh Sunni — Caucasian
Circassian North Caucasian Adyghe Sunni — Caucasian
North Caucasian North Caucasian Avaric Sunni — Caucasian
Salish Northwest Coast Indian Salish Animist — —
Patagonian Patagonian Chonan Animist — —
Apache Plains Indian Apachean Animist — —
Caddoan Plains Indian Caddoan Animist — —
Comanche Plains Indian Numic Animist — —
Siouan Plains Indian Siouan Animist — —
Nez Perce Plateau Indian Sahaptian Animist — —
Hawaiian Polynesian Polynesian Protestant — —
Māori Polynesian Polynesian Animist — —
Polynesian Polynesian Polynesian Animist Fruit —
Promethean Promethean Promethean Atheist Fruit, Grain —
Rajput Rajasthani Western Indic Hindu Tea —
Romanian Romanian Eastern Romance Orthodox Wine —
Baguirmi Sahelian Bagirmi Sunni — —
Bambara Sahelian Manding Animist — —
Dyula Sahelian Manding Sunni — —
Fulbe Sahelian Fulani Sunni — —
Hausa Sahelian Hausa Sunni — —
Kanuri Sahelian Kanuri Sunni — —
Mande Sahelian Mande Sunni — —
Sara Sahelian Sara Animist — —
Senufo Sahelian Senufo Animist — —
Songhai Sahelian Songhai Sunni — —
Tubu Sahelian Tebu Sunni — —
Wolof Sahelian Wolof Sunni — —
Sámi Sami Sami Protestant — —
Sephardim Sephardic Ladino Jewish — Israelite, Rumelian
Siberian Siberian Ewenic Animist — —
Tuvan Siberian Siberian Gelugpa — —
Ugrian Siberian Ugric Animist — —
Yakut Siberian Siberian Orthodox — —
Somali Somali Somali Sunni — —
Bosniak South Slavic South Slavic Sunni Tobacco Rumelian
Bulgarian South Slavic Bulgarian Orthodox Tobacco —
Croatian South Slavic South Slavic Catholic Tobacco —
Serbian South Slavic South Slavic Orthodox Meat —
Slovene South Slavic Slovene Catholic — —
Griqua Southern Bantu Dutch Protestant — —
Nguni Southern Bantu Nguni Animist — —
Sena Southern Bantu Nyasa Animist — —
Shona Southern Bantu Shona Animist — —
Sotho Southern Bantu Sotho Animist — —
Tonga Southern Bantu Tonga Animist — —
Tswana Southern Bantu Sotho Animist — —
Xhosa Southern Bantu Nguni Animist — —
Zulu Southern Bantu Nguni Animist — —
Herero Southwest Bantu Kavango Animist — —
Kavango Bantu Southwest Bantu Kavango Animist — —
Ovimbundu Southwest Bantu Umbundu Animist — —
Pueblo Southwest Indian Hopi Animist — —
Cherokee Subarctic Indian Cherokee Protestant Tobacco —
Cree Subarctic Indian Cree Animist — —
Dakota Subarctic Indian Siouan Animist — —
Métis Subarctic Indian Métis Catholic — —
Muskogean Subarctic Indian Creek Protestant — —
Assyrian Syriac Aramaic Oriental Orthodox — —
Lao Tai Laotian Theravada Liquor —
Shan Tai Shan Theravada — —
Thai Tai Siamese Theravada — —
Zhuang Tai Zhuang Animist — Sinosphere
Bashkir Tatar Kipchak Sunni — Russosphere
Chuvash Tatar Oghuric Orthodox — —
Tatar Tatar Kipchak Sunni — Russosphere
Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan Gelugpa Tea Himalayan
Turkmen Turkmen Oghuz Sunni — Persianate
Uighur Uighur Karluk Sunni — —
Uzbek Uzbek Karluk Sunni — Persianate
Vietnamese Vietnamese Vietic Mahayana — Sinosphere
Mari Volga-Uralic Mari Orthodox — —
Mordvin Volga-Uralic Mordvinic Orthodox — —
Udmurt Volga-Uralic Permic Orthodox — —
Czech West Slavic West Slavic Catholic Liquor —
Polish West Slavic West Slavic Catholic Liquor —
Slovak West Slavic West Slavic Catholic Liquor —
Sorb West Slavic West Slavic Catholic Liquor —
Yi Yi Yi Animist — Sinosphere

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