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What is a macumba?

What is a macumba? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A religious cult, having elements of sorcery, ritual dance and fetishes, from Brazil
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There are two kinds of macumba, one, known as umbandabranca, that is good, and one known as quimbanda negra, that is bad.
She also provides information on disco and salsa dancing at Macumba nightclub, in Havana's San Agustin district.
At macumba and candomble temples, Aug. 24 is the day of Exu, the most malevolent of the spirits that are believed to control human destiny.
On the edges are stands selling the medicinal plants and potions used in macumba, the Brazilian cousin to Caribbean voodoo and Santería.
But when I'm playing percussion it's different, I really give my all! I come from a family where we've always played a lot of trance music, like Gnawa music from Morocco, candomble, macumba, voodoo and stuff like that.
Explore the ruins of Dalhousie Homestead and check out the abandoned Macumba oil well.

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