A Brazilian folk religion combining elements of macumba, Roman Catholicism, and the practices of indigenous peoples of South America.
乌姆邦达教（一巴西民间宗教，把马库姆巴教、罗马天主教和南美印第安习俗的一些成分结合而成）
as modifierUmbanda rites
Example sentencesExamples
This was accomplished by identifying the religion primarily with Umbanda.
Because of this accusation, for ten days Umbanda beliefs and practices were judged harshly in the media.
Created with practitioners of Cuban Santeria, Haitian Vodou, and Brazilian Umbanda, it shows ritual and social practices as they existed in New York City in 1999.
Likewise, Uruguayan devotees have taken the Brazilian par excellence Umbanda to Venezuela and Argentine practitioners are taking it to Spain and Italy.
For approximately twenty years after arriving from Brazil in the mid 1960s Umbanda was not socially perceived as a religious movement in Buenos Aires.
Temples practice both Umbanda, a syncretic variant with strong Spiritist and Catholic influences, and Batuque.
Origin
Portuguese.
Definition of Umbanda in US English:
Umbanda
nouno͝omˈbändə
A Brazilian folk religion combining elements of macumba, Roman Catholicism, and the practices of indigenous peoples of South America.
乌姆邦达教（一巴西民间宗教，把马库姆巴教、罗马天主教和南美印第安习俗的一些成分结合而成）
as modifierUmbanda rites
Example sentencesExamples
Because of this accusation, for ten days Umbanda beliefs and practices were judged harshly in the media.
Likewise, Uruguayan devotees have taken the Brazilian par excellence Umbanda to Venezuela and Argentine practitioners are taking it to Spain and Italy.
Created with practitioners of Cuban Santeria, Haitian Vodou, and Brazilian Umbanda, it shows ritual and social practices as they existed in New York City in 1999.
For approximately twenty years after arriving from Brazil in the mid 1960s Umbanda was not socially perceived as a religious movement in Buenos Aires.
This was accomplished by identifying the religion primarily with Umbanda.
Temples practice both Umbanda, a syncretic variant with strong Spiritist and Catholic influences, and Batuque.