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Obeah

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obinounA sash worn with a kimono.

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obinounA sash worn with a kimono.
voodoonounAny of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
voodooismnoun(uncountable) A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.
sorcerynounMagical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
goozoonoun(Jamaica) obeah, folk magic
pocomanianounA form of Jamaican folk religion that combines revivalism with African elements such as spirit possession
balmyardnoun(Jamaica) A place where obeah and related healing rituals are performed.
orpekonoun(East Africa) A form of spirit possession or spiritual sickness among Maasai people, especially women.
macumbanoun(religion) A type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion.
mundunugunounAn African witch doctor.
africanjujuismnoun(fantasy) An Afrocentric subgenre of fantasy fiction that draws on African spiritualities and cosmologies.
bomohnounA Malay shaman or witch doctor.
perogunnoun(Caribbean) A kind of shrine to the orishas.
pukkumeriannoun(Jamaica) A practitioner of pocomania.
myalismnoun(Jamaica, historical) A syncretic set of religious practices among Jamaican slaves, having African and Christian elements.
jujunoun(informal) The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.
mentonouna folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.
cohobanounA hallucinogenic drug derived from ground seeds of trees of the genus Anadenanthera.
balm yardnounAlternative spelling of balmyard. [(Jamaica) A place where obeah and related healing rituals are performed.]
mambonounA Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.

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