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A 19th-century religious movement, incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems, according to which performing a dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead and bring prosperity and unity to native peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of ghost dance.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
One of the dances of the Ghost Dance religion.
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a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
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Across languages
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