rain dances
Precipitation invocation rites
Rain dances are ceremonial dances performed to invoke rainfall, traditionally practiced by various Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest and other cultures worldwide.
The term often appears figuratively for any ritualistic or superstitious attempt to influence an outcome beyond one's control: The team's pregame rituals were basically rain dances.
The singular rain dance is more common.
- cloudsAirborne water masses
- rainmakersHigh-value business attractors
- harvest festivalsCelebrations of successful reaping
- corn harvestGathering ripened grain crops
- shamanismMediation between worlds
initiation rites · Hopi · rains · ceremonial masks · drought · pueblo · medicine man · offerings · fertility rites · Zuni · ceremonial · tribal rituals · prayer circle · invocation · water spirits · sacred chants · chanting · ancestral spirits
- rain ritualsthunder gods, water spirits, cloud seeding, sacred chants, ritual songs
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives
- folk customsfolk customs, burial rite, folk costumes, folk traditions, folk medicine
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk tunes, folklore, harvest festivals, wedding traditions
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- African traditionsinitiation ceremonies, naming ceremony, ancestral worship, rites of passage, tribal chiefs
rain dancesirrigation
Artificial water supply for agriculture
cloud seeding · aqueducts · wells · desalination · water pumps
rain dancesscientific method
Structured process for investigation
meteorology · empirical research · weather forecasting · hydrology · evidence-based practice
rain dancesweather forecasting
Predicting future atmospheric conditions
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