Everyone dresses in white on Reveillon, to honour the sea/macumba goddess, Iemãja. From Wordnik.com. [Those 100 things to do before you die.] Reference
Indeed, it's our memory of Sarno's film, with its arousingly percussive score, that pointed out the inadequacy of macumba SEXUAL's anemic and overly aerated synth score, which does nothing to communicate the power of Tara's effectively staged macumba rite or to resonate with any of the bizarre African nick-nacks adorning her desert lair. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Según el cónsul de Haití en Brasil, George Samuel Antoine, la culpa había sido de la macumba y de la raza: "O africano em si tem maldição. From Wordnik.com. [Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news] Reference
According to Haiti's consul in Brazil, George Samuel Antoine, the fault lay with macumba, or African spiritism, and the race: "The African himself is damned. From Wordnik.com. [Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news] Reference
Music:Gilberto Gil - Personalidade - Bate macumba. From Wordnik.com. [Extravangance] Reference
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