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Definition of Rain dance
1. Noun. A ritual dance intended to bring rain.
Specialized synonyms: Corn Dance, Hawaiian Dancing, Hula, Hula-hula
Definition of Rain dance
1. Noun. A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Any sequence of arbitrary actions performed in order to achieve a goal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain Dance
Literary usage of Rain dance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musiclovers Calendar (1905)
"The oldest traditional song-dance known among the Zunis is the Great rain dance,
which has for its special purpose the supplication to the Rain and ..."
2. Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring by Winifred Hawkridge Dixon (1921)
"Because rain in that parched country is literally life, the Indians hold this
rain dance too sacred to admit as participants any women save the two who beat ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1903)
""We don't let no women come in this dance, they would spoil all the chances to
get rain, women no good for rain-dance, but the women may bring cakes or ..."
4. A Journal of American Ethnology and Archæology by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1891)
"On the second celebration of the rain dance I was able to get a better idea of
the Fire God or Schul-a-wit-zer, and his duties in the public dance. ..."
5. The Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson (2001)
"... successful rain dance, for instance, could also result in a "you have been
watered" message being sent to plant. The whole behaviour of the plant could ..."
6. The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1915)
"Thus there is the Great rain dance of the Junis; the Sun Dance of the Cheyennes;
and the Snake Dance of the Hopis. The Snake Dance is an elaborate ceremony ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"With regard to such a Totem as Rain we see that the whole tribe have a general
rain dance, and the specialization of function is only partial to the Rain ..."
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