sun dance

sun dance

n.

A religious ceremony widely practiced among Native American peoples of the Great Plains, typically marked by several days of fasting and group dancing and sometimes including ritual self-torture, as in penance or to induce a trance or vision.

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Noun

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sun dance - a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing - a dance that is part of a religious ritual