| 单词 | ring-shout |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-shout ring-shout n. U.S. regional (southern) in African-American use: a religious dance in which participants move in a circle, accompanied by loud, rhythmic singing; cf. shout n.2 1d. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > dance > [noun] canticoy1670 snake dance1772 ritual dance1805 cyclic chorus1846 sun dance1849 Ghost Dance1876 kagura1884 kachina dance1888 Ghost Dancing1890 tripudium1909 ring-shout1926 trance dance1935 Shango1941 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > African-American dancing > [noun] > religious dancing shouting1839 shout1862 ring-shout1926 1926 E. Ferber Show Boat 155 In the Louisiana bayou country she saw the Negroes perform that weird religious rite known as a ring shout, semi-savage, hysterical, mesmerizing. 1931 R. W. Gordon in A. T. Smythe et al. Carolina Low Country 199 The ‘ring shout’..is apparently widespread. In this, the shouters form a circle and proceed around and around in a sort of slow processional, facing always in one direction. 1942 L. Parrish Slave Songs Georgia Sea Islands iii. 54 Shouting appears to be of two types: Along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina the most popular form is the ring-shout. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 56 A ‘ring-shout’—a shuffling dance in counter-clockwise direction performed by a circle of worshippers which gradually intensified in tempo and collective excitement. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 30 Sept. 56/3 This weekend-long celebration of African-American heritage features..a ‘ring-shout’ with schoolchildren and drummers marching and making noise around the periphery of the original African Burial Ground. < as lemmas |
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