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Pahana

Pahana may mean:
* Pahana, the lost "White Brother" of Hopi mythology whose return marks the end of the current Fourth World and the beginning of the next, Fifth World
* Pahana, a word used in Africa to describe white people from America, or the coming of white people to Africa.
* Pahana, a word in the Sinhala language for "lantern."

See also

* Hopi mythology
* Fourth World and Fifth World
* Eschatology
* Colonization of Africa
* Scramble for Africa
* Sinhala



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