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buto
bu·to or bu·toh B0579725 (bo͞o′tō)n. A dance form developed in postwar Japan which rejects Eastern and Western dance conventions, expressing intense emotions through slow, controlled, and sometimes distorted movements.
[Japanese butō, short for (ankoku) butō, dance (of darkness) : bu, dance (from Middle Chinese ʋuə̆´) + tō, to step on, stamp, tread (from Middle Chinese dap), probably also influenced by tō, to stamp on, tread (from Middle Chinese *tɦaw).]Buto
Buto (byo͞o`tō), ancient city, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. The precise location is uncertain. Capital of Lower Egypt in prehistoric times (before 3100 B.C.), it had a temple dedicated to the serpent goddess Buto. During the Saïte period (663–525 B.C.) it was revived as an important religious center.Butogoddess and mother of the sun and moon. [Egypt. Myth. Kravitz, 48]See: Sun |