Sacred Dance has nothing to do with a particular style of dance or certain physical techniques do. The dancer moves in a way that the unity of body, mind and spirit with a greater spiritual energy. No matter whether this energy we call God, "" The Creator "," The Great Spirit, "" Nature, "" The Cosmos "or anything else. It is important that these results the dancer feel spiritually lifted and full of joy.
The dance is clearly one ofthe most ancient forms of worship. Cave art from early prehistoric times from the bears from power and dance. These paintings and engravings occur throughout the world. In western Arnhem Land in Australia shows a photo of the cave two men who play an instrument to accompany the dance. A stone hut near Lenda Cogul in Catolonia, Spain, depicts a group of nine women. They wear knee-length skirts and dance around a small naked male figure. The state of MadhyaPradash type of rock in India has rich display dancers and musicians. The caves on the Tassili of Algeria are the images of dancers and shows the Etruscans in 500 BC, Dancing in murals.
Some dances imitating animals and are designed to ensure that something happens. For example, hunters in ancient times, are shown in animal skins and cave paintings, masks dance. One can suppose that this is to ensure a good hunt. Dances imitating harvesting the crop is alsoancient origin. Over time, as there have been dances, folk dances are like a sacred dance.
Sacred Dance is often through elaborate secret preparations such as bathing in advance, avoiding certain foods and drinks and sexual relations. May be moments of intense prayer, and the inclusion of trance-inducing substances.
One of the best documented European sacred dances is that the cult of Dionysus, god greek online. The rituals in his honorincluding orgies, sacrifice of animals, excessive consumption of wine and dance trance, which continued until the dancers collapsed from exhaustion.
Judaism has no problem with dance is connected to the cult. Psalm 150, for example: - "Praise the Lord ... Praise him with tambourines and dancing." King David is said that the ark into a spin. The dance is as described in the Talmud that the main function of the angels.
Danza was part ofService in the early Christian church. He found in the choir and was led by the Bishop. Today there are Christian churches, the reintroduction of the dance are sometimes in a very self-confident style.
Sacred Dance is in itself a therapeutic effect.
The Shakers, an offshoot of the Quakers in America from England in 1774, by Ann Lee. A vision had said that sex was the source of humanities problems. Formed a closed communityself-sufficiency and communal property in all practices. The Shakers had a deep understanding of aesthetic simplicity, manifested itself in all aspects of their lives.
Shaker dances were held in the evening. Men and women separately, in the room. Marched in the fingers and formed two lines facing each other, about five meters were apart.Men on the right side with the women on the left side. The old chief stood in the middle and gave five minutes to address. Heconcluded with the words: 'Go, old, young girls and worship God with all his strength in the dance. "Do not mix men and women. There were pauses to see if anyone had received a "gift". As two of the sisters to spin like tops with eyes closed. He sat shaking for about 15 minutes, when suddenly he stopped and sat down again.
There is no longer viable in the Shaker community and the dances are therefore extinct. A number oftheir songs, but are still sung in several other churches.
An old tradition of Sacred Dance today in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa. The Sufis (who represent the mystical Islam) are whirling dances. In Turkey, the tradition dates back to Celaleddin Mevlana Rumi died in 1273 His son organized his followers into the brotherhood of the whirling dervishes, now known as the Mevlevi.
Ataturk, when seized political power in the earlyYears of the twentieth century, abolished the dervish orders and monasteries converted into museums. Were resumed in 1957.
The importance of the dance of the dervishes linked to the sun, the moon and the stars rotating. The faithful wear clothing that has a symbolic meaning. I mean the tall conical hats, tombstones and death of dancers ego. The white robes represent shrouds to their ego. The flowing black cloak symbolize the dancersto be involved in this world tombs.At beginning of the ceremony, the arms were removed to symbolize the believers, the exemption from the cares and the structures of this world.
The dance is accompanied by a flute of reed. Reached after a series of rituals of the faithful, a point at which all spun together with the right hand held palm to receive the blessing of Heaven. Keep your left hand, palm down, to pass the blessing on earth.
Although Subscribers do not have the ceremony the dances remain faithful to the Sacred Dances for the participants and many spectators to see. Dervish music should not be used for secular purposes, especially not accompanied by oriental dance. The songs are prayers, and should be respected as such.
Today, Africa is still in the range of traditional sacred dance. The Yoruba of Western Nigeria have danced many traditions of the gods. Some are able to> Dancing on one leg. Sango (associated with the Donner) consulted Orunmila (associated with divination and wisdom), how could acquire a heritage learning. Orunmila Council should apply Sango was a beautiful dress, which he so cuaris sew, how could acquire. Cauris were once used as currency and is therefore a sign of wealth. People see Sango assume dressed so splendidly that he was rich. Orunmila Sango said he was going to danceWear this dress. The result was that with the dancing and begging Sango has become very rich. Sango priests do when in company boards or at the parade. Sango priests wear women's hairstyles, pearls and earrings for special occasions. The dances are very fast and athletic Sango. All the gods are associated with the dances. In order not to be able to dance in worship is not correct the situation.
In Ghana, I saw young people dancing in a trance and campedwith razor-sharp sword. The savage has never broken the cutting of the skin, or even a brand. I also experienced sacred dances, the deities of the pantheon Thunder. Here, the older female members of the sect walked among the masses by making suggestive gestures with a wooden phallus. The performance should be entertaining, and it was. There were also jugglers on the other side, sand, dust white chalk. Anyone could come in and see if they show due respect for the dances of the gods. Thismeans that both men and women should be without a hat. The men had their clothes around the waist, so they are shirtless and the women had their clothes under the tie armpits.
West African Dances Sacre tend to be outdoors, often danced in the night. The dancers came to the dance floor and exit the roundabout at its discretion. You can dance all the same steps, but each dancer brings his own way. Each, as dances of a group, but has its own "space" init. The dancer and choreographer, are the same person.
Africa is in grave danger of losing their sacred dances due to the decrease of people, respect of traditional religions. Only members can dance the worship of sacred dances. The members of Christian churches and followers of Islam are not always surprising is expressly forbidden to accept any sacred dances and increases the number of converts. Some Christian churches to accept a certainDrumming and dancing during the service. Both the drums and the dances have little "life force" or visual and auditory interest. The musicians begin to create new African reality sacred songs for the Church. If anyone knows of choreographers' work on authentic contemporary African Sacred Dance, I would make love to hear about it.
Cults are the younger members. If they fail, then enter the sacred dances are not developed in their real context. The dances are bothdie or become shadows of themselves as social dances from all and sundry simply dance for fun.
I wrote little, too little for music, of equal importance is the dance. The music is a topic for themselves. If you are into African rhythms are interested I suggest you try to take possession of "an approach to African Rhythm" by Dr. Seth Cudjoe published by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.
The Sacred Dances of BaliIndonesia is a beautiful prayer apparent. Wali Sacred Dances are inseparable from the rituals connected with the same name. Take the first day of a ritual in the temple courtyard.
Sanghyang Dedari and Sanghyang Jaran both sacred dances. I attended Sanghyang Dedari where two girls danced in a trance mirroring each others movements. His eyes were open, but said nothing to see. At the conclusion of the dance weretrance brought by a white-clothed priest sprinkled holy water on them.
Sanghyang Jaran is a dance spectacular, in which a young man has a belt, woven on a horse's head from coconut fronds. This young man was put into a trance by a priest. He jumps like a horse, then ran into the fire of coconut husks.After stayed for a while 'before jumping to farther he moved from the fire and burn the shells were rounded up together before the king --The couple danced in the fire. The third time it has done so, he actually sat in the ashes and turned around. At some critical point, the audience had not seen the young dancer has clear and help from his trance.
The Balinese are Hindu faithful to tradition and sacred dance is estimated, valued, and is still very much a part of life for all.
We hope that in parts of the world where there is a real Sacred Dancedegenerate into a spectacle, where we intended to influence an audience than to the spiritual world.
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