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corn dance

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Noun1.corn dancecorn dance - a rain dance of Amerindians          
rain dance - a ritual dance intended to bring rain


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Tribes of the Great Plains danced to the spirits of the buffalo and the good hunt, and throughout the continent, tribes performed corn dances to pray for a good harvest.
For example, Marjorie Webber Brown's Pueblo Playmates (Whitman, 1938) contains accurate descriptions of such specific Pueblo activities as house building, a wedding ceremony, and a Corn Dance.
Loretta Barret Oden, owner and executive chef of the Corn Dance Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, likes the fact that information is just a click away on TheSauce.
 
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