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Meaning of bembé by John Rene Plaut





John Rene Plaut

bembé
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BEMBo outdoor party with a lot of drum, which make followers of santeria, religion of African origin. The word bembé is a corruption of candomblé, and this, in turn, of candombe (African dance). It is built from the Bantu ka, soul and ndombe, an ethnicity of Angola.

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