Bear Dance

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Bear Dance is a traditional Ute ceremonial dance that honors the bear and marks seasonal renewal through music, ritual, and community gathering.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bear Dance canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American ceremony ⓘ
Ute cultural tradition ⓘ
ceremonial dance ⓘ
associatedWithSeason spring ⓘ
culturalRegion Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
culturalSignificance continuity of Ute traditions ⓘ
identity expression for Ute people ⓘ
ethnicGroup Northern Ute ⓘ
Southern Ute ⓘ
gatheringType intergenerational event ⓘ
hasDanceForm line dance ⓘ
partner dance ⓘ
hasElement community gathering ⓘ
music ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
hasMusic drums ⓘ
rasps ⓘ
rattles ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasParticipation Ute elders ⓘ
Ute youth ⓘ
hasRitualAspect blessings ⓘ
offerings ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
hasTheme human–animal relationship ⓘ
respect for nature ⓘ
transition between seasons ⓘ
honors bear ⓘ
involves call-and-response singing ⓘ
gendered dance roles ⓘ
isSacredTo Ute people ⓘ
languageContext Ute language ⓘ
performedAt Ute community grounds ⓘ
Ute reservations ⓘ
practicedBy Ute people ⓘ
purpose renewal of life ⓘ
social bonding ⓘ
spiritual observance ⓘ
recognizedAs important Ute cultural heritage ⓘ
religiousTradition Ute spirituality ⓘ
socialFunction community cohesion ⓘ
courtship ⓘ
symbolicAnimal bear ⓘ
symbolizes seasonal renewal ⓘ
timeOfYear early spring ⓘ
late winter ⓘ
transmission oral tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ute people → culturalPractice → Bear Dance ⓘ
Ute community grounds → usedFor → Bear Dance ⓘ