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Zemi
Taíno deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A zemi or cemi (Taíno: semi [sɛmi])[2] was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean.[3] Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
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