💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Macumba"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| umbandanoun | An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism. |
| quimbandanoun | An Afro-Brazilian religion. |
| candomblénoun | A religion, practiced mostly in Brazil, that blends African and Roman Catholic elements. |
| maracatunoun | A Brazilian performance genre from Pernambuco involving parades and music. |
| afoxenoun | (music) A genre of Afro-Brazilian music |
| capoeiranoun | (uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements. |
| sambanoun | (music) A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade. |
| maculelenoun | An Afro-Brazilian dance and martial art in which a number of people gather in a circle and rhythmically strike sticks together to accompany singing. |
| manbonoun | Alternative form of mambo (“voodoo priestess”). [A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)] |
| mambonoun | A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. |
| candombenoun | (music) A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves. |
| kuminanoun | 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. |
| baiaonoun | A South American dance similar to a samba. |
| batucadanoun | A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba. |
| bambuconoun | (music) A traditional music genre from Colombia, formed in the 19th and 20th centuries as a blend of Basque folk music and the European waltz. |
| bloconoun | A type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian music and dance such as samba and frevo, often with hundreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance. |
| marrabentanoun | (music) A genre of popular Mozambican dance music. |
| kimbanguismnoun | A Congolese religion based on Christianity. |
| macahubanoun | Archaic form of macauba. [The palm tree Acrocomia aculeata.] |
| obeahnoun | A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. |
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