Sentence examples for sacred dances from inspiring English sources

This predominates especially in the very sacred dances held in the kivas, or sanctuaries.

In Indonesia, I learned the sacred dances that I performed to large audiences.

There are halls for sacred dances annexed to some temples because of this association with the divine.

Sacred dances were performed to influence the course of nature to bring rain, to facilitate a good harvest or a hunt, and to drive out evil.

Performance contexts include shamanic rituals, storytelling, song contests, traditional games, and sacred dances performed at events such as the Bladder Festival or the Messenger Feast.

Over two years, traveling with their gear on horses, mules and yaks, they recorded 330 folk and sacred dances performed at festivals.

"Sacred dance, sacred dance, sacred dance," my sister said she kept murmuring to herself.

It's a sacred dance.

The sacred dance combines rectilineal and circular movements and may also include hopping, jumping, and hand movements.

Ms. Cenik will perform a favorite work, the Joged Pingitan, a sacred dance inspired by the female deity Ratu Magelung.

Sacred dance and music will be performed by the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus, the master singer Sheikh Hamza Shakkur and the Al-Kindi Ensemble.