Pocomanian.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊkoʊˈmeɪniə/

Forms:

α. 1900s– Poccomeea, 1900s– Puccomina, 1900s– Puck-co-myal, 1900s– Pukkumerian, 1900s– Pukkumina Brit. /ˌpʌkəˈmiːnə/, U.S. /ˌpəkəˈminə/, 1900s– Pukumina.

β. 1900s– Pocomania.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare slightly earlier Pocomaniac n.The β form is probably after Spanish poco little and -mania comb. form; compare:1954 F. Henriques Jamaica x. 187 Pocomania leaders in the island inform me that the name was given to adherents of the cult by its enemies, and that it is derived from the Spanish meaning little mania.The original form may be presumed to have been closer to the α. forms. Poccomeea , Puccomina , and Puck-co-myal are recorded in a list collected locally in 1943 (see F. G. Cassidy and R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967), s.v.), the last showing assimilation to myal adj.¹ The spelling Pukkumina is generally preferred in scholarly writing. Derivation of the first two syllables from Twi po to shake or tremble and kɔ̀m to dance wildly in a state of frenzy, and alternatively of the second and third syllables from the etymon of Kumina n., has been suggested; Kongo pukumana to shake, to cause to shiver or tremble has also been compared.

In Jamaica: a religious rite or set of rituals combining aspects of both African and Christian belief including revivalism, ancestor-worship, and spirit possession. Also: the cult in which this is practised.

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Pocomania1929

1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 176 Revivalist and Obeah Man unite in the particular religious cult known as the Pukkumerian... The Pukkumerians hold their meetings near a grave-yard, and it is to the ghosts of their own membership that they appeal when spirits are summoned to a meeting... ‘They jump and dance and sing and talk in a secret language because the spirits do not talk our language.’

1937 Z. N. Hurston Let. 6 Jan. in Life in Lett. (2002) 389 Pocomania. A primitive religious sect that is many things in one..Obeah..Koomunah..Myalism.

1957 F. Henriques Jamaica x. 185 Native churches..incorporated a degree of physical enthusiasm, evinced in dancing, violent singing, and clapping... It is from this type of activity that such cult groups as Pocomania arose.

1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence ii. 36 He told them that the Jamaican celebration of Pocomania closely resembled Haitian Voodoo.

1969 Jamaica Jrnl. 3 4 The main subject of this study, Revivalism, is the cult form which has persisted as the main heir of the Great Revival in so far as Afro-Christian religious sects are concerned, and two major groups exist, Pukkumina and Zion.

1971 J. Brunner Honky in Woodpile iv. 31 They broke up religious ceremonies, in particular pocomania, rites of possession using the yoma-xi drug.

1982 Black Perspective in Music 10 86 ‘Possession’, which you would find..in Pukkumina, in Zion Revival, in Kumina, and in Gumbay even.

1997 Straight No Chaser Spring 44/2 I don't want no part of it, that's why I leave Jamaica and live in Switzerland in the mountain, to save my ears from Pocomania.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocomania
释义	Pocomanian. Brit. /ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌpoʊkoʊˈmeɪniə/ Forms: α. 1900s– Poccomeea, 1900s– Puccomina, 1900s– Puck-co-myal, 1900s– Pukkumerian, 1900s– Pukkumina Brit. /ˌpʌkəˈmiːnə/, U.S. /ˌpəkəˈminə/, 1900s– Pukumina. β. 1900s– Pocomania. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare slightly earlier Pocomaniac n.The β form is probably after Spanish poco little and -mania comb. form; compare:1954 F. Henriques Jamaica x. 187 Pocomania leaders in the island inform me that the name was given to adherents of the cult by its enemies, and that it is derived from the Spanish meaning little mania.The original form may be presumed to have been closer to the α. forms. Poccomeea , Puccomina , and Puck-co-myal are recorded in a list collected locally in 1943 (see F. G. Cassidy and R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967), s.v.), the last showing assimilation to myal adj.¹ The spelling Pukkumina is generally preferred in scholarly writing. Derivation of the first two syllables from Twi po to shake or tremble and kɔ̀m to dance wildly in a state of frenzy, and alternatively of the second and third syllables from the etymon of Kumina n., has been suggested; Kongo pukumana to shake, to cause to shiver or tremble has also been compared. In Jamaica: a religious rite or set of rituals combining aspects of both African and Christian belief including revivalism, ancestor-worship, and spirit possession. Also: the cult in which this is practised. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > Pocomania > [noun] Pocomania1929 1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 176 Revivalist and Obeah Man unite in the particular religious cult known as the Pukkumerian... The Pukkumerians hold their meetings near a grave-yard, and it is to the ghosts of their own membership that they appeal when spirits are summoned to a meeting... ‘They jump and dance and sing and talk in a secret language because the spirits do not talk our language.’ 1937 Z. N. Hurston Let. 6 Jan. in Life in Lett. (2002) 389 Pocomania. A primitive religious sect that is many things in one..Obeah..Koomunah..Myalism. 1957 F. Henriques Jamaica x. 185 Native churches..incorporated a degree of physical enthusiasm, evinced in dancing, violent singing, and clapping... It is from this type of activity that such cult groups as Pocomania arose. 1959 A. Salkey Quality of Violence ii. 36 He told them that the Jamaican celebration of Pocomania closely resembled Haitian Voodoo. 1969 Jamaica Jrnl. 3 4 The main subject of this study, Revivalism, is the cult form which has persisted as the main heir of the Great Revival in so far as Afro-Christian religious sects are concerned, and two major groups exist, Pukkumina and Zion. 1971 J. Brunner Honky in Woodpile iv. 31 They broke up religious ceremonies, in particular pocomania, rites of possession using the yoma-xi drug. 1982 Black Perspective in Music 10 86 ‘Possession’, which you would find..in Pukkumina, in Zion Revival, in Kumina, and in Gumbay even. 1997 Straight No Chaser Spring 44/2 I don't want no part of it, that's why I leave Jamaica and live in Switzerland in the mountain, to save my ears from Pocomania. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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