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====Democratic Republic of the Congo==== [[Zebola]]<ref>[http://www.aequatoria.be/04common/020publications_pdf/Etudes%20Aequatoria%20-%206%20Jebola.pdf ETUDES AEQUATORIA·6 JEBOLA Textes, rites et signification Thérapie traditionnelle mongo Piet KORSE MONDJULU Lokonga BONGONDO Bonje wa Mpay Centre IEquatoria B. P. 276 Bamanya -Mbandaka-Zaire 1990]</ref> is a women's spirit possession dance ritual practised by certain ethnic groups of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It is believed to have therapeutic qualities and has been noted in the West as a traditional form of [[psychotherapy]]. It originated among the [[Mongo people]] but is also practised among various ethnic groups in [[Kinshasa]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Lambek | first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Lambek| title=Bodies and persons: comparative perspectives from Africa and Melanesia | publisher=Cambridge University Press | publication-place=Cambridge, U.K. New York | year=1998 | isbn=978-0-521-62737-5 | oclc=39035692|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8RI22OdxFQC&pg=PA87 | page=87}}</ref>
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