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The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures. It usually involves the community gathering together to pray for healing.
Sun Dance, most important religious ceremony of the Plains Indians of North America and, for nomadic peoples, an occasion when otherwise independent bands gathered to reaffirm their basic beliefs about the universe and the supernatural through rituals of personal and community sacrifice.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
As he arrives at each of the four openings in the circle, the pierced dancer turns and raises his arms toward God and the sun. When the three men finally stop by the great tree, other dancers and members of the dancer’s family approach him, placing hands on him in gratitude and praying for him and for the community.
May 30, 2009 · The Native American Sun Dance. Sun worship is a custom that has gone on nearly as long as mankind itself. In North America, the tribes of the Great Plains saw the sun as a manifestation of the Great Spirit. For centuries, the Sun Dance has been performed as a way to not only honor the sun, but also to bring the dancers visions.
- Patti Wigington
Sun Dance - Ceremony of the American Indians. Among the many religious dances that were introduced many centuries or millennia ago, Sun Dance represents one that came into the clash with modern society, managing to survive and endure even after it became banned by modern authorities.
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