Ceremonial dance
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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.
This compares to other major dance categories based on purpose:
- Celebration dance
- * Festival dance
- Dance in ancient cultures
- * Ancient Greece
- * Ancient Rome
- * Classical Indian dances
- Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
- * Circle dance
- * Corroborree
- * Dances of Universal Peace
- * Religious dance
- * Ritual dances of India
- * Sema, or Whirling dervish dance
- * War dance
See also
- Dance in mythology and religion
- [Dance basic topicsDance basic topics]
- List of dance style categories
- List of dances
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