The Soviet Union beat the US to this, with the October 4, 1957 orbiting of Sputnik 1, and later beat the US to the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The race peaked with the July 20, 1969 US landing of the first humans on the Moon with Apollo 11.
The definition of a luminary is an object giving off light, or a personality that is well known or enlightening to mankind. An example of a luminary is a candle.
Join date: 2011-01-11. Kumina or Cumina is a cultural form indigenous to Jamaica [1]. It is a religion, music and dance practiced by in large part Jamaicans who reside in the eastern parish on St. Thomas on the island.These people have retained the drumming and dancing of the Akan people.ne clear example in Jamaica is the Kumina deity Shango, which is a Yoruba deity who in Jamaica became a deity accepted by different African ethnic groups. Kumina deities are separated into sky bound and earth bound deities.