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apache devil dance
a ritual dance of the Apache
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dance of death, danse macabre
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
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ghost dance
a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead
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pyrrhic
an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
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rain dance
a ritual dance intended to bring rain
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snake dance
a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
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sun dance
a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice
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war dance
a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory
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corn dance
a rain dance of Amerindians
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Hawaiian dancing, hula, hula-hula
a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman