ceremonial dance

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ceremonial dance - a dance that is part of a religious ritualritual dance, ritual dancingdancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicapache devil dance - a ritual dance of the Apachedance of death, danse macabre - a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the graveghost dance - a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the deadpyrrhic - an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfarerain dance - a ritual dance intended to bring rainsnake dance - a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invokedsun dance - a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solsticewar dance - a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victoryritual, rite - any customary observance or practice