Among some Eastern Algonquian peoples: a social or religious gathering, esp. for dancing. Also: the dancing or other activity that takes place at…

Among the Hopi Indians, a religious dance involving the handling of live rattlesnakes. Also, among other American Indian groups, various dances so…

(a type of) dance performed as part of a ritual.

cyclic chorus in Ancient Greek History: the dithyrambic chorus, which was danced in a ring round the altar of Dionysus.

In the cultures of certain North American Indian peoples of the Great Plains: an annual religious ceremony lasting several days at which…

Among certain North American peoples in the late 19th cent.: a shuffling, circular ritual dance, often lasting several days, intended to bring…

A sacred dance performed at Shinto festivals, one of the oldest dances of Japan; also, one performed at a village shrine on a festive day.

a dance performed at annual ceremonies by masked and elaborately costumed men impersonating the kachinas whom they seek to invoke.

The performance of a Ghost Dance; participation in a Ghost Dance.

A ritual dance (see quots.). Also transferred and figurative.

in African-American use: a religious dance in which participants move in a circle, accompanied by loud, rhythmic singing; cf. shout, n.2 1d.

Originally: any of various ritual dances in which participants enter a state of trance; esp. one of the Balinese sang hyang religious dances, during…

A dance used in Shango ceremonial rituals or associated with this cult.