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Shango|ˈʃæŋgəʊ|
Also shango.
[f. the name Shango of the god of thunder and lightning in the Yoruba religion of W. Nigeria.]
1. A syncretistic cult practised in the Caribbean. Freq. attrib.
1953Caribbean Q. III. i. 16 In 1916 I had the first experience of the Shango. 1958J. Carew Wild Coast xi. 155 The shango gods, Dumbhalla, Legba, Moko. 1963G. J. McCall Social Problems x. 364/2 ‘Hoodoo’..corresponding to..shango in Trinidad. 1974Trinidad Guardian 2 Nov. 7/6 Sometimes they used the heady chants heard at ‘wakes’, shango meetings, and other such ceremonies.
2. A dance associated with the Shango cult.
1948E. Leaf Isles of Rhythm vi. 142 It had a more pronounced sex base than the Afro-Caribbean religious dances such as Voodoo, Shango and Obeah. 1971Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Sept. (Guyana Suppl.) p. i/1 Cumfa, a spirit dance like the Trinidad ‘Shango’. |