War dances

found: Work cat.: Fau, A. Famanumanu, 2011:p. 4 of cover (famanumanu; part of a war dance ritual in which the players show their skill with traditional weapons such as spears, swords and shields)

found: Britannica online, July 2, 2021(War dance, ritual dance. Alternative titles: battle dance, combat dance; Male war dances may include complex gyrations and flexion of the torso, as do animal dances; War dances, often using weapons and fighting movements, were used throughout history as a way of training soldiers and preparing them emotionally and spiritually for battle; such rituals as war dances, which are intended to frighten the enemy and instill courage into the hearts of the participants)

found: Merriam-Webster website, July 2, 2021(war dance: a dance performed (as by American Indians) in preparation for battle or in celebration of victory)

found: Arts & humanities through the eras, ©2005:v. 2, p. 52 (War Dances. The most famous war dance in ancient Greece was the pyrrhike which became the national dance of Sparta, and persisted there long after Greece became a province of the Roman Empire and similar war dances had died out in other cities)

notfound: The Oxford dictionary of dance, 2010;Dictionary of anthropology, 1986;

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