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danse macabre
(redirected from Dance of the Dead)

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danse macabre French [dɑ̃s makɑbrə]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) another name for dance of death
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Noun1.danse macabre - a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the gravedanse macabre - a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
dance of death
ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing - a dance that is part of a religious ritual
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Even the dance of the dead won't come near you, heart in your throat, holy of holies, the oh of your mouth as the stone rolls away, as if it had come from before you were born to roll past your life to the end of the world, till the world comes around again, gathering steam, heading right for us again and again, faith of our fathers, world without end.
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