单词 | fire dance |
释义 | > as lemmasfire dance fire dance n. a dance which uses fire as part of the performance; esp. a ritual dance of this type. ΚΠ 1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. I. xv. 347 This Madam is all I saw of the fire-dance [Fr. Danse du feu]. 1895 Goshen (Indiana) Weekly News 23 Nov. 2/3 The tribes at Elkhart and Warsaw were represented and took part in the fire dance and soup eating. 1948 Slavonic & E. European Rev. 26 470 In 1939 only three woman in the village of Bulgari danced the actual fire-dance on glowing embers. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Oct. a10/4 The fire dance begins. To the hypnotic pounding of drums, more than 20 devotees dressed as Indians jump through burning pyres of wood. < as lemmas |
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