Bihu Dance of Assam

The Hindu then worships puja by giving flowers and fruits and finally the Hindu eats the blessed food. By following these steps Hindu believe they become closer to the deity. (asms.k12.ar.us) Hindu’s also have many festivals to celebrate their religion. Lohari is an example of one of the festivals. Lohari takes place in the winter at night in Northern India. The people build a bonfire and throw popcorn, peanuts and sesame candies into the fire. By throwing these objects into the fire it is symbolic by throwing one’s evil into the fire, and also asking for blessings for the following year. Holi is another celebration which is considered to be the celebration of the death of winter and the return on spring. (Fisher 105-106)

There were many Indigenous Australian Aboriginals that danced different dances in different ways, when and where they performed dances varied immensely, as did the way they were taught or the reasons behind why they danced.

Given that this “visit” was more like a virtual experience, I was still able to access a couple of my senses, just as if I was at the actual exhibition. Through the use of anecdotes and detailed images, I am able to see all of the personal experiences an individual had while practicing a particular dance and what it meant to them. In this exhibition, there are ten different dances displayed, including the: Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance, Yakama Girl’s Fancy Shawl Dance, Cubeo Óyne Dance, Yoreme Pajko’ora Dance, Mapuche Mütrüm Purun, Tlingit Ku.éex ' Entrance Dance, Lakota Men’s Northern Traditional Dance, Seminole Stomp Dance, Hopi Butterfly Dance, and finally, Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance). All parts of the exhibit were insightful, but the two that sparked my interest the most were the Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance and the Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance).

The translation of the Bel-lohck-na-pic means, the Bull Dance. Every day during the four-day ceremony appointed dancers come together in the middle of the village to dance and sing in prayer to the Great Spirit in hopes he will bless then with a plentiful supply of buffalo in the coming year.

A celebration of Beltane ritual of life symbolically a chalice and athame (the Goddess and the God). The athame is inserted in the chalice (God into the Goddess). The Great Rite ritual that was created by and for farmers asking for a blessing for the livestock, crops and a good year of harvesting. A positive act and it can just an easily be misunderstood or abused. It has accountability also and needs to be answered for. Drawing of the energy from male and female during a spring festival. When we look at the people of the ancient Pagan religions we see that all the celebrations and rituals surrounded a specific purpose: survival.

It was a religion that promised a return of traditional way of life for the Indians. Which meant there would be bountiful hunting and that the White Man would leave their land. Unfortunately, the dance itself caused the white man anxiety and had them outlaw it which lead to circumstances that more quickly brought an end to the Indians. There was much significance surrounding Sittings Bull’s death. Most

These rituals usually start as the sun rises. The tribe will start heading towards the shrine. When they reach it they will wait outside and start making food in honor off their god “Hawkeye”. They will also drink an elixir made out of barley, hops and yeast with water. The tribe believes this elixir brings the tribe closer together and allows the mind to talk their god more easily. They will continue to drink this elixir for hours until they have consumed enough to go to the shrine and start the religious ritual.

As a result, Gross’ article has shown that bimaadiziwin is a unifying concept in the Anishinaabe religion. For how much information this board topic portrays, Gross does an exceptional job at presenting how there is continuity in Anishinaabe world view, and demonstrating how bimaadiziwin served as a unifying concept of traditional Anishinaabe religion. Gross gives the readers a very informative understanding about the Anishinaabe religion and the meaning of bimaadiziwin. Not only did he do an exceptional job at explaining this, he did an outstanding job at discussing details about the topic such as the teaching of bimaadiziwin as a foundation of human relations with nature, how story telling is a good way of moral teachings and ways to recover the downfall of the

It is noted that every Middle Eastern Country are publicly fascinated of the Dabke dance. Each of the Middle Eastern nation claims they are the best at dancing Dabke. They also claim to have to have invented the dance (Hussein, 2016). However, there is the truth and reality behind the dance. Dabke is also referred to as Dabka or even Dabkeh. It is those names that the Middle Eastern people refer to the actual dance that is normally used by different dialect. The dance is universal irrespective of someone’s roots and cultural background. Whether one comes from Iraq, Lebanon, or even Palestine, the dance is still the same. The term Dabka basically means the act of stomping (Haugbolle, 2010). The dance found its inception back in the early 1990s before the segmentation of the Middle East took place. The Middle East was segmented through the colonization process. The colonies were either the French or the British. The Middle East was a single peaceful land that had a common Dabke art. The Dabke art was widely used in celebrations, joyful events, at the weddings, at the graduation, and also in birthdays. Therefore, Dabke was well known to be a tradition that was shared. Meaning the tradition was not owned by anybody and it originated in the Middle East intended for everyone to celebrate.

“It was once believed that the name came from the stomping down of the terrain; however, legend tells that the dance was created by a handicapped Northern Plains boy who wished to dance” (Legendsofamerica.com,

Bangarra Dance Theatre is important to Australia because it has so much history behind every single dance that Page creates. It celebrates the communities and cultures of the indigenous people in a unique way. It’s living traditions go back at least 40,000 years with the Indigenous people of Australia and reflects the lives of Indigenous people today. Contemporary dance embraces traditional stories that admire the histories and identity of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. The culture, values and traditions of Indigenous Australians inspires movement in Bangarra Dance Theatre. This company tells a story about the history of the indigenous people to Australia to the world. It is important that the Indigenous culture is never forgotten and Bangarras artistically creative works make sure that they aren’t.

     Since Buddhism and Hinduism have different believes they also have different holy days. Moreover, because Hindus worship variety of gods they have a variety of festivals. The three main festivals of Hinduism are: Holi, Divali, and Dasehra. Holi is the most popular festival. This holy day is celebrated each year during February-March to welcome spring. “Holi is dedicated to god Krishna and it was once a fertility ceremony (104).” Throughout the days of Holi, many of the casts and taboo restrictions are set aside and pleasure is emphasized. The second ceremony Divali, celebrated in November, is a festival to welcome a new year. Finally the third festival, the Dasehra, celebrated up to nine days in October, in honor of Durga, a consort of Shiva. On the other hand Buddhism is divided in many ways according to philosophy and geography. The major festivals that are celebrated by most Buddhists are New Year, Buddha’s birthday, the festival of souls, and robe offering. In

Similar to music, dance is usually centered around social events such as in the movie where the community would come together and dance at events where the mayor would speak and in events associated with the marriage season. Personal experience of this dance phenomenon in Arab culture in Egyptian weddings has shown me way too well how serious dance is to the culture. One of the particular dances shown in the film is the Dabke, a Levantine circle dance, which is also a favorite among Arabs to be done at weddings. One finds that this form of dance along with a lot of Arab dance involves groups of people and there is less focus on singularity in dance. When some starts this dance, no one can escape, form the elderly grandparents to the toddler cousins, everyone seems to get off their feet and come together holding hands. The use of dance in the film is used to emphasis the sense of community felt in Arab culture, even more so in small communities such as this small Lebanese village where there seems to very close village

Most likely, this term originated from the African word "Boioing" which means to jump, or to hop. In fact, it was the African people's dance culture which influenced the heavily rhythmic beats and idea of dancing in a circle. However, Africa was not the only culture to have a strong hand in shaping this dance into what it is today. A variety of influences that made up early B-Boying include gymnastics, Eastern martial arts, tap dance, Salsa, Afro-Cuban and Native American dances. And straying away from many popular rumors, Capoeira was not the original source of this culture, although it had a large role in its early

Beltane is the season on the ancient Celtic calendar that marks the beginning of the light half of the year. The season comes between May 1 and June 21. During this season, there is Gaelic festival, Samhain that marks the beginning of the winter and the end of the harvest season. Samhain represents another powerful moment for future divining, as there is a thin barrier between the spirit and reality worlds. According to the Celtic people, Beltane marks the time of sacred alchemical marriage between god Bael, their solar father and goddess Danu, their earth mother. Moreover, the marriage and the intercourse of Bael, the solar father and Danu the earth mother is symbolized by the performance of the Maypole dance during this season. Therefore, we celebrate our earthly parents and their intercourse that created us during this time of the year. This is a special moment to celebrate fertility and mating all over the world.