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1
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Arioi

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Polynesian actor/ Tahitian Secret Society

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2
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Ballet

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European dance drama

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3
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Bhangra

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Harvest dance/ India

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4
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Bharta Natyam

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Single female dancer/ India

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5
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Chief Big Foot

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(Souix) after Sitting Bulls death at Standing Rock Reservation went to Wounded Knee

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6
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Chief Sitting Bull

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Standing Rock Reservation, attempted to be arrested

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7
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Choreography

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Art of designing a sequence of steps and how it is presented

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8
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Cultural Identity

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Identity of a group or individuals, sense of belonging to a cultural group

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9
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Literal Guesture

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Storytelling, means something

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10
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Non- Literal Guesture

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Hand gestures mean nothing, just part of a move

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11
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Ghost Dance

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Close to a Pow-Wow, dancing till they would pass out, brought tribes together, Ghost shirts

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12
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Hakas

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War dance, Polynesian Islands

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13
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Hopi Snake Dance

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Snakes were the medium between the living and the dead, it would bring them rain and good farming season, snake brothers

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14
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Hora

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Jewish wedding dance, (serpentine dance)

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15
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Jerusarema

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Same dance as the Mbende, different era, danced in beer halls and then danced for sexual arousal

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16
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Khmer Rouge

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Captured Cambodia in 1975 and whipped out the Kings Dancers

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17
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Kings Dancers

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Dance groups of male and female that would dance in the kings court as entrainment. Whipped out when the Khmer Rouge took over. A group of 20 dancers toured the U.S.

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18
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Krishna

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Indian saint, widely worshiped

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19
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Mbende

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War dance, (mouse that runs fast), girls distracted the enemies and then would let the men know when to attack

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Oro

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Tahitian God of fertility, rain and war. (Main god of Arioi)

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21
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Pow Wow

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Gathering of tribes, jump steps, little arm movement

22
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Pullavas

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out cast group in India, rid bad fortune of a house, made floor pantings made of spices and powders

23
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Shiva

A

Indian god of dance

24
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Standing Rock Reservation

A

Sitting Bull and his tribe was

25
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Tatanka Yotanka

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Sitting Bull’s real name, spokesperson for the tribes at Standing Rock

26
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The Messiah Craze

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Government tried to americanize the indains, Wovoka said that the dead told him that there was going to be an Earthquake and everything would go back to the old way

27
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Wounded Knee Creek

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Massacre of Chief Big Foots (Souix) tribe

28
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Wovoka

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Real name is Jack Wilson, preaches against war and violence from Pieoot tribe

29
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Zezuru

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Mbende people,known for hip movements , known for metal work

30
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Fancy Dance

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Pow Wow, guys get all dressed up and dance as a compition

31
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George Balanchene

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Famous Choreographer

32
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Dionysus

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Greek God of grape harvest, wine and ecstasy

33
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Egungan

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What the costume for the dance was made of, dance cult in Africa, no females, secret cult

34
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Hindu

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Someone who practices Hinduism

35
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Ignoble

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Distorted and uncontrolled body movements, bad for society

36
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Kathakali

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All male large group dance drama, green painted faces, hoop skirt and circle head piece.

37
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Mandala

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floor design created with spices and powders. Made by Pullavas

38
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Mudras

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literal hand gestures used in Cambodian and Indian dances

39
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Musike

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Greek for song and dance or music

40
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Noble

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Beautiful and controlled body movements (good for society)

41
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Orisha

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Manifestation of God (medium like a medicine man)

42
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Oshun

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Protector of inner Orisha (river god)

43
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Ottan Tullal

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Single male dancers (some woman) arched head piece, faces are strictly green

44
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Pagans

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Not Catholics, considered heretics, and problematic

45
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Pelota

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Spanish church dance, aka Labyrinth dance, performed on Easter Sunday in a church

46
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Plato

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Greek philosopher, founder of Athens University, Logos, Ethos and pathos.

47
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Sacred

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dedicated or devoted

48
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Sango (Shango)

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(Sky father), most popular, God of thunder and lightning

49
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Secular

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World, not religious

50
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Tripsichore

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Greek muse of music and dance

51
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Yoruba

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Religion in Africa, no holy gospel, followers do Egungan

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