ceremonial dance

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ceremonial dance - a dance that is part of a religious ritual ritual dance, ritual dancing dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music apache devil dance - a ritual dance of the Apache dance of death, danse macabre - a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave ghost dance - a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead pyrrhic - an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare rain dance - a ritual dance intended to bring rain snake dance - a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked sun dance - a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice war dance - a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory ritual, rite - any customary observance or practice