war dance

English

Alternative forms

• wardance

Noun

war dance (plural war dances)

1. (anthropology) A ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory, usually by a tribe.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 20:

     There was a greyness in the east by the time we had completed the Navajo war dance on the front lawn.

Derived terms

• weasel war dance

Translations

ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰爭舞／战争舞 (zhànzhēngwǔ), 戰陣舞／战阵舞 (zhànzhènwǔ), 戰舞／战舞 (zhànwǔ)

• Finnish: sotatanssi
• French: danse de guerre f, danse guerrière f
• Galician: danza de guerra f
• German: Kriegstanz m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πυρρίχη f (purrhíkhē)

• Latin: tripudium n
• Polish: taniec wojenny m
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