Dance
A spiritual dance of African origin
Patois: Dem do kumina fi call di ancestors.
English: They perform the spiritual dance to call the ancestors.
An ancestor cult worship of Bantu origin. Very popular in Jamaica.
Patois: Yuh deh guh a di Kumina performance layta?
English: Are you going to the Kumina performance later?
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