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snake dance

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snake dance

–noun
1. a ceremonial dance of the American Indian in which snakes or representations of snakes are handled or imitated by the dancers.
2. a parade or procession, esp. in celebration of a sports victory, in which the participants weave in single file in a serpentine course.

Origin:
1765–75, Americanism

snake-dance

[sneyk-dans, -dahns]
–verb (used without object), -danced, -danc⋅ing.
to perform a snake dance.

Origin:
1880–85
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snake dance  
n.  
  1. A ceremonial dance of the Hopi in which the dancers traditionally carry live snakes in their mouths.

  2. A procession of people who join hands and move forward in a zigzag line.

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