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Noun Concept
Categories: Religion in the Bahamas, Afro-Jamaican culture, Religion in Grenada, Obeah, Religion in Jamaica
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obeah  obi  Obea  Obeah Man  Obeahism
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A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas WordNet 3.0
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A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Obeah, or Obayi, is a series of African diasporic spell-casting and healing traditions found in the former British colonies of the Caribbean. Wikipedia
An indigenous group of African storytellers that survive in the West Indies Wikipedia Disambiguation
A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. Wiktionary
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obeah, obi
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Obeah
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Obeah
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obeah
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Obea, Obeah Man, Obeahism, Obeahman, Oblism, Valeren

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