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The eagle dance is a ritual dance practiced by some American Indians. It is used by the Pueblos to ask for rain, and Iroquois use it to ask for peace and cure. It originated from the calumet dance and is performed by two to four men with artificial wings on their arms, producing movements that imitate eagles. [1]
A rain dance being performed in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia Rain dance, ca. 1920 (from the Potawatomi agency, presumably Prairie Band Potawatomi people) Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, spirits, or the ancestors who withhold or bring rain. [1]
Dihosana is a traditional dance by Kalanga people or Ikalanga people which existed for a long period of time. Dihosana involves the invitation of ancestors through trance to pray for rain. It is a rain making dance. [1] Dihosana is a dance heritage which has been inherited from the fore fathers by those practising it.
Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India) Garland dance; Gato (Argentina, Uruguay) Gaudiya Nritya (West Bengal, India) Gaur Maria Dance; Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical) Gay Gordons; Gending Sriwijaya; Geommu; Gerontikos; Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India) Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi, Orissa/Odisha, India).
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Dance in India include classical (above), semiclassical, folk and tribal. Dance in India comprises numerous styles of dances, generally classified as classical or folk. [1] As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country.
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Dollu Kunitha (Folk Dance Of Karnataka, India) Dandiya (Folk dance of Gujarat, West India) Deodhani (Folk dance of Assam, North East India) Dhangari (Folk dance of Maharashtra, West India) Dhemsa (Tribal dance of Koraput, Odisha) Domkach (Folk dance of Bihar and Jharkhand)