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Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. It is related to and overlaps with sacred dance and ecstatic dance.
Definition
History
Description
List of ceremonial dances
- Festival dance
- Dance in ancient cultures
- Dance in ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Indian classical dance
- Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
- Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
- Some Basque dances
- Căluşari
- Circle dance
- Corroborree
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Kagura
- Long Sword dance
- Morris dance
- Rapper dance
- Religious dance
- Ritual dances of China
- Ritual dances of India
- Sema, or Whirling dervish dance
- Sinulog
- Sublî
- War dance
- Weapon dance
External links
- Classical Indian dance at Curlie -- over 250 links to Classical Indian Dance resources