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Word: quimbanda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after dark, more than a million people in Rio alone. They bear worldly offerings-lipstick, combs, jewelry, perfume, mirrors, flowers-to give to a vain, beauteous sea goddess. Called lemanjá, she is one of the pantheon worshiped by the various devotees of the pagan cults known as Umbanda, Quimbanda, Candomble, or-to its detractors-as Macumba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Homage to Iemanj | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

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