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Cultures: Religious Tradition and Philosophy

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Every culture has at least one religion or philosophy. Those traditions can vary from totemism of the Nisga’a to communism, which denies the existence of gods and spirits.

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Every culture has at least one religion or philosophy. Those traditions can vary from totemism of the Nisga’a to communism, which denies the existence of gods and spirits.

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