snake dance
Zigzagging celebratory march
A snake dance is a winding, single-file procession where participants follow a leader in serpentine patterns, common at pep rallies, celebrations, and sporting events: The students formed a snake dance through campus after the victory.
The term also refers to ceremonial dances of certain Native American peoples, particularly the Hopi, in which live snakes are handled as part of religious rituals.
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- HopiPueblo people of Arizona
- rainWater dropping from clouds
ceremony · procession · pep rally · high school · spirit week · football game · slither · single file · conga line · winding · conga · line · tribal · rattlesnake · coiling · undulating · chant · pueblo
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