<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Shamanism (/ ˈʃɑːmən / SHAH - men or / ˈʃeɪmən / SHAY - mən) is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world . </P> <P> A shaman is someone who is regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing . The word "shaman" probably originates from the Tungusic Evenki language of North Asia . According to ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "the word is attested in all of the Tungusic idioms" such as Negidal, Lamut, Udehe / Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu and Ulcha, and "nothing seems to contradict the assumption that the meaning' shaman' also derives from Proto - Tungusic" and may have roots that extend back in time at least two millennia . The term was introduced to the west after Russian forces conquered the shamanistic Khanate of Kazan in 1552 . </P>

Where have the majority of indigenous peoples performed all or most of their rituals