| 单词 | green corn ceremony |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen corn ceremony attributive. Frequently with capital initials. Designating a dance performed by various North American Indian peoples at the time when the first edible ears of maize are picked, esp. in the eastern and south-eastern United States, or the festival or ceremonies of which this is the main feature, as green corn dance, green corn ceremony, etc. ΚΠ 1689 in J. Witthoft Green Corn Ceremonialism in Eastern Woodlands (1949) 7 [The great dance would be held when] greene Indian corn was high anufe to make their bread of.] 1725 G. Chicken Jrnl. Aug. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 134 I have given Orders to them to meet me at the Great dance here (called the Green Corn dance). 1766 London Mag. Feb. 86/2 They [sc. the Cherokees] have few religious ceremonies or stated times of general worship. The greencorn dance seems to be the principal. 1844 J. H. Carleton Prairie Logbks. 31 Aug. (1983) 104 They [sc. the Pawnees] also have what is called the Green Corn Dance, and the Scalp Dance. 1898 C. H. Coe Red Patriots 247 The Green Corn Festival continues four days and nights. 1937 F. Densmore in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 280 It is many years since the Green Corn Dance (busk) has been celebrated by the Alabama. 2005 M. E. Pesantubbee Choctaw Women in Chaotic World v. 142 When people stopped telling stories about the Green Corn Ceremony, thinking about the ceremony also ceased. < as lemmas |
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