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Obeah incorporates both spell-casting and healing practices, largely of African origin, [2] although with European and South Asian influences as well. [3] It is found primarily in the former British colonies of the Caribbean, [2] namely Suriname, Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados. [4]
St. Monica's Church is a historic former Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a brick basilica-type building in the Romanesque style. It features a four-story entrance tower in the center of its three-bay-wide front façade. [2]
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast ...
Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church located at 130 Beach 84th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens New York. It is a currently active parish church within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and masses are celebrated in English, Spanish, and Polish. The parish was founded on August 30, 1886, and the old church building ...
Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach. (AL I:37). [1] Obeah is a folk magic found among those of African descent in the West Indies. It is derived from the Asante people of west Africa. Its English translation is witchcraft, from the Twi dialect word ...
A mass shooting in Queens, NYC left 10 teenagers wounded outside the Amazura Concert Hall in Jamaica. ... after they opened fire into a crowd of 15 people standing outside an event space in ...
A gunman opened fire near the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica just before 11:20 p.m. as a large crowd was leaving the location, according to cops and the sources. At least 10 wounded in mass shooting ...
The Passionists, officially named the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Latin: Congregatio Passionis Iesu Christi), abbreviated CP, [3] are a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men, founded by Paul of the Cross in 1720, with a special emphasis on and devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ.