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According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Mumbo Jumbo is a noun and is the name of a grotesque idol said to have been worshipped by some tribes. In its figurative sense, Mumbo Jumbo is an object of senseless veneration or a meaningless ritual. According to the 1803 Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition:
Mumbo Jumbo, an album by the band Air Supply; Mumbo Jumbo, a 1988 video album by Robert Plant "Mumbo Jumbo", a 1981 song by Squeeze on the album East Side Story "Mumbo Jumbo", a 2003 song by Foghat on the album Family Joules
Given that the protagonists of the novel are Voodoo practitioners, the novel itself contains a great deal of Voodoo terminology. In the novel, Voodoo is an effective art: PaPa LaBas practices from his Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, and at one point his assistant is taken over by a loa whom she has neglected to feed.
impi – from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regiment; indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English) isango – Zulu meaning gateway; jumbo – from Swahili (jambo or jumbe or from Kongo nzamba "elephant") kalimba
International sales and aggregation company LevelK has boarded Danish 3D animation “Mumbo Jumbo.” The project, which has kicked off its pre-production phase, is based on the beloved children ...
In American radio, film, television, and video games, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background. [1] A group of actors brought together in the post-production stage of film production to create this murmur is known as a walla group.
Mumbo Jumbo - Part 1 Jazz, voodoo, the Cotton Club , flappers, gangsters and bootleggers intermingle in this lively adaptation of Ishmael Reed ’s novel. Recorded on location in Philadelphia, Lopez and company captured the sounds of the era by riding in the backseat of old cars and recording out on the late night streets of Philly with a cast ...
Jumbo loans come in larger amounts, typically for more expensive properties. The size of a jumbo loan varies by geographic location, but is generally more than $766,550 in most parts of the U.S ...