war dance

C2933
concept

A war dance is a ritualized, often martial form of dance performed to prepare for, commemorate, or symbolize warfare, expressing strength, unity, and cultural identity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
ritual dance 17
war dance canonical 10
Māori cultural performance 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: war dance
Generated description
A war dance is a ritualized, often martial form of dance performed to prepare for, commemorate, or symbolize warfare, expressing strength, unity, and cultural identity.

Instances (33)

Instance Via concept surface
Echternach procession
linked to: UNESCO intangible cultural heritage (Echternach procession)
ritual dance
Khorumi —
Baining fire dance ritual dance
Deer Dance ritual dance
Tandava ritual dance
Pasola festival ritual war game
Veeragase ritual dance
Diablada dance
linked to: diablada dance
ritual dance
Gule Wamkulu
linked to: Chewa people
ritual dance
Low Country dance ritual dance
Sabaragamuwa dance ritual dance
Adowa Akan dance
haka ritual dance
Khorumi
linked to: Khorumi (Georgian dance)
—
Pili Vesha ritual dance
Sagayan
linked to: sagayan
—
Kapa o Pango Māori cultural performance
Ka Mate Māori cultural performance
Peresean war dance —
Kouretes armed dancers
Baris dance —
Hethuska (warrior society) dance traditional Native American dance
Pendet ritual dance
Sagayan —
Sarlamkai —
Kabasaran dance —
Paskola dance ritual dance
Timatanga —
Wangala dance ritual dance
Thiruvathirakali ritual dance
Gule Wamkulu ritual dance
Cham masked dances ritual dance
Tinku dance ritual combat dance