单词 | corn dance |
释义 | corn dancen. Any of various dances, esp. among North American Indians, connected with the sowing or harvesting of maize. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > American Indian dancing > [noun] canticoy1670 corn dance1726 pipe dance1778 bear dance1784 sun dance1849 Ghost Dance1876 matachin1882 chicken dance1888 Ghost Dancing1890 snake-dance1931 1726 G. Chicken Jrnl. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Col. (1916) 155 At Little Terriquo where was mett together at the corn dance several of the head men. 1836 Knickerbocker Mag. 8 154 Remaining away until the corn dances take place. 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 391 The celebrated corn dance of the Seminoles is said to be connected with their religion. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. viii. 185 De boys—..has gone to de village to hold corn-dance for seedtime. 1903 S. E. White Forest x. 128 Belts of beadwork, yellow and green, for the Corn Dance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1726 |
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