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Region: Guyana, SOUTH AMERICA System/Religion: Comfa Comfa aka. Komfa/Kumfah is focused on the Water Mumma, or Goddess of the water. The full moon and black water are important in the timing and placing of ceremonies which is normally defined by elements of ecstatic, trancelike dancing, and spirit possession, induced by drumming. It is practiced in Guyana, mainly by the descendants of enslaved Africans. According to sociolinguist Kean Gibson, the foremost expert on Guyanese Comfa, the religion is currently practiced by about 10 percent of the country’s African-Guyanese population. Cultural historian Brian Moore also indicated that in postcolonial Guyana, the religious practices designated by the term Cumfo were also referred to as Watermama in honor of the river. Wikipedia describes Comfa as a mixture of Odinani, Akan, Kongo, and Yoruba religion and knowledge traditions, along with Indigenous American, Asian, and European elements. Photo: Afro-Guyanese making offerings at the Seawall in observance of the Maafa. (This is done every October) #Comfa #Komfa #Guyana #Guyanese #AfricanSpirituality #MamiWata #FullMoon #Maafa #AfricanHolocaust #AfroGuyanese #Drum #Creole #Odinani #Akan #Kongo #Yoruba #Amerindian #Asian

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