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Mambo vs Houngan - What's the difference?

mambo | houngan | see also |

Mambo is a see also of houngan.


As nouns the difference between mambo and houngan

is that mambo is mambo (music) while houngan is a male voodoo priest in haiti.

mambo

English

(wikipedia mambo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba in the 1940s.
  • A fast-paced Latin American dance inspired by mambo music.

    • Derived terms

    * horizontal mambo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perform this dance.

    • See also

    * * ----

    houngan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia houngan)
  • A male voodoo priest in Haiti.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 5, author=Marc Lacey, title=A U.S.-Trained Entrepreneur Becomes Voodoo’s Pope, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Most voodoo priests, known as houngans , operate semi-independently, catering to their followers without much structure. }}

    See also

    * mambo (the female equivalent)