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Where does “Umbanda” come from?

Umbanda (English) comes from Portuguese Umbanda, from Kimbundu mbanda — the art of cure.

Ancestry of “Umbanda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseUmbanda—
2Kimbundumbandathe art of cure
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