The Religious Life of the Taraos: Past and Present
Abstract
Religion is a particular system of faith and worship. The Tarao believes in rapu- the creator of the universe, goddess Shangku- the savour and spirit. The traditional religious beliefs of gods, goddesses, deities were based on worship, propitiation and tackling of gods, deities, the ancestors and also the evil spirits. However, in practices the worship includes sacrificial of animals, fowl, rice beer, etc., followed by a grand feast in the belief of a superior power always direct the lives and the course of nature and observed submission, devotion and reverence to the supernatural power. Such belief, faith and practices related to the absolute power constitute the religious life of the Taraos in the past. But today, the life of the Taraos had undergone a change with conversion to Christianity.