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sun dance
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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.
sun dance
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a North American Indian ceremony associated with the sun, performed at the summer solstice
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Noun1.sun dance - a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solsticesun 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
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sun dance
n → Sonnenanbetungstanz m
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