Meaning Of The Word Ghost dance

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ghost dance in American English
noun: a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, esp. such a dance as performed by various messianic cults among Native Americans in the western U.S. in the late 19th century

ghost dance in British English
noun: a religious dance of certain Native American tribes, connected with a political movement (from about 1888) that looked to reunion with the dead and a return to an idealized state of affairs before Europeans came

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