Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Alleluia religion of the Guiana highlands
After about 1845 a Makushi man, Bichiwung, reported visions that became the root of Alleluia (Hallelujah), an Indigenous religion blending local cosmology and Christianity, later centred on the Akawaio village of Amokokopai.
1845 CE · 5.60, -60.33 · status: account
The account
Services are held in Akawaio, Arekuna, Patamona, Wai-Wai and Makushi. The founding date is uncertain; scholars place the origin between about 1845 and 1885. Position approximate.
The sceptical view
Dating rests on oral tradition and later missionary reports.