<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">indigenous religions</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31299633</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:20:25</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">indigenous religion</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">religions, indigenous</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ General term for the belief systems of thousands of small-scale societies who have distinct languages, kinship systems, mythologies, ancestral memories, and homelands, but whose religious and spiritual beliefs fall outside the realm of world religions such as Buddhism or Christianity. Central to indigenous religious traditions is an awareness of the integral and whole relationship of symbolic and material life, often incorporating ritual practices and cosmological ideas. ]]></dc:description></metadata>