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Sacred dance is a kind of dance that encompasses all movements that are religious in nature. An example of a sacred dance is the dance done by a whirling dervish.

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  • Bharata Natyam Performance DS

    Bharatanatyam, one of the classical sacred dance styles of India

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Sang Hyang dans TMnr 60052123

    The Balinese Sacred Dance Sanghyang Dedari involves girls being possessed by hyang, Bali, Indonesia

  • Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire 40

    Hittite gods in a processional dance, Yazılıkaya, Hattusa. 13th century BC

  • Tomb of the Dancers (detail)

    Dancers in ancient Egypt. Tomb of the Dancers, 17th Dynasty, Thebes. 5th or 4th century BC

  • Hula Kahiko Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 01

    Hula dance in Hawaii derives from the worship of the volcano goddess Pele.

  • David dancing before the Ark-Victoria and Albert Museum

    King David dancing before the Ark. Italian terracotta, c. 1660

See also

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