(Kongo) – I’ve read various definitions for this word, including “governor” and “mystery”; Mayombe is also a region in the Congo (e.g., the Mayombe rainforest).
According to my padrino, mayombe means “talking” or “singing”; thus, Palo Mayombe is the art communicating with and commanding the spirits of nature and the dead.
Palo Mayombe is one of the three mains ramas (or branches) of La Regla Congo; initiates of this lineage are sometimes called mayomberos.
