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Pocomania

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pocomania /ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

▶noun a Jamaican folk religion combining revivalism with ancestor worship and spirit possession.

– origin 1930s: prob. a Hispanicized form of a local word, the second element being interpreted as -mania.

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