nadinestorying, Kumina, an Afro-Jamaican religion based on communication with the ancestors, has Congolese origins and was brought to Jamaica by indentured Africans in the 1840s-1860s. The ritual dance, along with drumming that summons and controls the spirits, “seems to be the bridge between esoteric and the exotic...” (Olive Lewin, “Jamaica’s Folk Music”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amM1048JTDo
Prof. Nettleford and the Kumina performance: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/11/27/kumina-turns-50/
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