It was central to the practices of the Los Angeles's 1906 Azusa Street Revival, based on a literal reading of Acts 2:2 which described this happening to those in the "upper room" on Pentecost.
In Brazilian Umbanda, possession by a child spirit will result in this action, while it is used to invite the "nephews of the gods" to feasts in the shamanistic Semai cults of Malaysia. Patanjali's Yoga Sutra describes this action as commensurate with the awakening of Kundalini (**). In Corinthians 14:18, Paul brags about doing this "more (*) than you all" and warns against taking it too seriously. It was central to the practices of the Los Angeles's 1906 Azusa Street Revival, based on a literal reading of Acts 2:2 which described this happening to those in the "upper room" on Pentecost. Believed by Charismatics to be xenoglossia, or a real but unknown language, for 10 points, what is this spontaneous ejaculation of sounds by those entranced in a religious ecstasy.
In Brazilian Umbanda, possession by a child spirit will result in this action, while it is used to invite the "nephews of the gods" to feasts in the shamanistic Semai cults of Malaysia.
glossolalia [or speaking in tongues]