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Kumina

Kumina proper noun: an Afro-Jamaican religion involving music, dancing, and the practice of bringing down spirits of the dead to briefly inhabit the bodies of the faithful and share ancestral wisdom.

Proper noun

Kumina

  1. An Afro-Jamaican religion involving music, dancing, and the practice of bringing down spirits of the dead to briefly inhabit the bodies of the faithful and share ancestral wisdom.

Questions about Kumina

What does Kumina mean?
Kumina means an Afro-Jamaican religion involving music, dancing, and the practice of bringing down spirits of the dead to briefly inhabit the bodies of the faithful and share ancestral wisdom.
What part of speech is Kumina?
Kumina is a proper noun.

Words near Kumina in the dictionary

  1. Kumielsk
  2. kumiho
  3. Kumiko
  4. kumikumi
  5. kumikumis
  6. Kumina
  7. kuminost
  8. kumis
  9. kumises
  10. Kumishi
  11. kumiss

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