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Pomba Gira
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week we look at Pomba Gira, sometimes a single term for a powerful female spirit, at other times the title of a group of spirits. A spirit with many avatars, most notably Maria Molambo (Maria of the Trash), Pomba Gira is a highly sexualized and sometimes dangerous female figure in the Afro-Brazilian rituals of […]
Released:
Jan 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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