plural shamans
1
: a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events
2
: one who resembles a shaman
especially
: high priest sense 3
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Moto Moto, run by the spunky Rashida (Arica Jackson) and emceed by the exuberant Ahmed (Nick Rashad Burroughs) becomes a hotbed of heterogeneity (there’s even a shaman) in a culture that is otherwise intolerant of mixing.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The film follows the story of Bayu, an Indonesian teenager who aspires to become a shaman for local trance parties in a small suburban community where inhabitants derive pleasure from spiritual possession.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Only these culinary shamans really knew how to make this stuff.
—Mike Curato
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Bent on evangelizing the Indigenous population in a remote Ecuadorian village, Candice (Sara Canning), a white American woman, alongside her husband and teenage son, must confront endemic beliefs and the man who holds the knowledge about them: the shaman.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The film follows the story of Bayu, an Indonesian teenager who aspires to become a shaman for local trance parties in a small suburban community where inhabitants derive pleasure from spiritual possession.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Only these culinary shamans really knew how to make this stuff.
—Mike Curato
june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Bent on evangelizing the Indigenous population in a remote Ecuadorian village, Candice (Sara Canning), a white American woman, alongside her husband and teenage son, must confront endemic beliefs and the man who holds the knowledge about them: the shaman.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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“Shaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaman. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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