devil dance

devil dance
noun
1. : a grotesque and often obscene impersonation of an evil spirit usually with the aid of a mask that is important in Asiatic curative rites and stage dramas and popular in European carnivals as a remnant of medieval miracle plays

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devil dance,
a frenzied dance performed among shamanists or the like, usually to frighten away disease demons or other evil spirits.
devil dancer.

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