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Definition of rain dance in English: rain dancenoun A ritual dance to summon rain, as practised by some Pueblo Indians and other peoples. 祈雨舞（指北美普韦布洛族印地安人和其他部族祈求降雨时跳的舞蹈） Example sentencesExamples - Maybe if I did a rain dance, it would start raining, and I'd forget.
- As was widely expected amongst the cricket fraternity, the drawing of pretty white lines upon grass is very similar to a rain dance.
- In Izalco, the period between Christmas and the Feast of the Epiphany is celebrated with nightly processions and Jeu Jeu, an Amerindian rain dance.
- Many cultural traditions such as rain dances were, after all, just unsuccessful attempts at science.
- As an entire nation prays for more rain, a group of nomadic women performs a rain dance, but even they know that a country cannot survive on hope alone.
- He lies about the rain which fell just after my rain dances in both New Zealand and Australia.
- The rain dance from the American Indians certainly worked, as on Friday afternoon there was a terrific downpour.
- She said: ‘I carry out an annual rain dance around the time of the race and we all just pray that the conditions are going to be right.’
- After lunch with the Mayor and Shire President, I duly performed my rain dance in a parched field before some sceptical farmers, interested but cautious Aboriginal Elders, and the TV3 camera crew.
- Early people learned how to make fire and modify their micro-environments; rain dances and other rituals to alleviate droughts are part of our folklore.
Definition of rain dance in US English: rain dancenounˈreɪn ˌdæns A ritual done to summon rain, as practiced by some Pueblo Indian and other peoples. 祈雨舞（指北美普韦布洛族印地安人和其他部族祈求降雨时跳的舞蹈） Example sentencesExamples - After lunch with the Mayor and Shire President, I duly performed my rain dance in a parched field before some sceptical farmers, interested but cautious Aboriginal Elders, and the TV3 camera crew.
- He lies about the rain which fell just after my rain dances in both New Zealand and Australia.
- Many cultural traditions such as rain dances were, after all, just unsuccessful attempts at science.
- She said: ‘I carry out an annual rain dance around the time of the race and we all just pray that the conditions are going to be right.’
- In Izalco, the period between Christmas and the Feast of the Epiphany is celebrated with nightly processions and Jeu Jeu, an Amerindian rain dance.
- Maybe if I did a rain dance, it would start raining, and I'd forget.
- As was widely expected amongst the cricket fraternity, the drawing of pretty white lines upon grass is very similar to a rain dance.
- Early people learned how to make fire and modify their micro-environments; rain dances and other rituals to alleviate droughts are part of our folklore.
- As an entire nation prays for more rain, a group of nomadic women performs a rain dance, but even they know that a country cannot survive on hope alone.
- The rain dance from the American Indians certainly worked, as on Friday afternoon there was a terrific downpour.
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