pot dance, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also with initial capitals.
- Origin:
- So called because of the use of the rommelpot in the musical accompaniment; but see also quotation 1987.
obs. except in historical contexts
A dance performed in the past by the Khoikhoi.
1830 Mrs Hodgson in B. Shaw Memorials (1841) 254My first visit to Buchnap presented my future charge to me in a truly pitiable state; for I found them engaged in what is called a pot dance.
1987 B. Lau Namibia in Jonker Afrikaner’s Time 16Among the popular dances were those called the Pot Dance, and the Great Reed Dance. The former involved exclusively men...A sheep was slaughtered as the men danced around the pot.
A dance performed in the past by the Khoikhoi.
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