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Netotiliztli, which loosely translates to "expressed by dance," was a communicative dance of worship and rejoice practiced by the Mexica. [6] It was performed by dancers, who could be any member of society, as all members of Nahua society were educated in song and dance.
The Sacred Circle Dance was brought to the Findhorn Foundation community in Scotland by Bernhard Wosien; he presented traditional circle dances that he had gathered from across Eastern Europe. [35] Colin Harrison and David Roberts and Janet Rowan Scott took the dances to other parts of the United Kingdom where they started regular groups in ...
The Zia sun Symbol is featured on the New Mexico flag. The Zia regard the Sun as sacred. Their solar symbol, a red circle with groups of rays pointing in four directions, is painted on ceremonial vases, drawn on the ground around campfires, and used to introduce newborns to the Sun. Four is the sacred number of the Zia and can be found repeated ...
Aug. 23—Santuario de Chimayó in northern New Mexico ranked #72 on a list of the 100 most sacred places across the world. Patheos.com created the list based on the number of faiths attributing ...
The Balinese Sacred Dance Sanghyang Dedari involves girls being possessed by hyang, Bali, Indonesia. The theologian W. O. E. Oesterley proposed in 1923 that sacred dance had several purposes, the most important being to honour supernatural powers; the other purposes were to "show off" before the powers; to unite the dancer with a supernatural power, as in the dances for the Greek goddesses ...
Dances and dancing of this kind is seen as opportunity to develop participants' spiritual awareness, hand-eye-body coordination, and competency in harmonizing with others through dance. Many dances are choreographed with movements, steps, and gestures encouraging dancers to explore for deeper mystical meanings of the dance.
Counterclockwise sacred circle dances in Hoodoo are performed to communicate with ancestral spirits using the sign of the Yowa cross. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] Communication with the ancestors is a traditional practice in Hoodoo that was brought to the United States during the slave trade originating among Bantu-Kongo people.
Zuni religion is the oral history, cosmology, and religion of the Zuni people.The Zuni are a Pueblo people located in New Mexico.Their religion is integrated into their daily lives and respects ancestors, nature, and animals. [1]