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Akan People: Kumina or Cuba Is A Cultural Form Indigenous To Jamaica
Akan People: Kumina or Cuba Is A Cultural Form Indigenous To Jamaica
Akan People: Kumina or Cuba Is A Cultural Form Indigenous To Jamaica
[1] It is a religion, music and dance practiced by, in large part, Jamaicans who reside in the eastern parish on St. Thomas on the island. These people have retained the drumming and dancing of the Akan people. Kumina is an Afro-Jamaican religion influenced mainly by the Bantu peoples from the Congo-Angola area. Kumina refers to both a religion and dance. Dances include the Bailo, mainly used for entertainment purposes and the Country, used during the private religious ceremonies.