python dance, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also with initial capitals.
- Origin:
- So called because the dance is dedicated to the python (considered a symbol of fertility).
A dance performed by unmarried Venda girls during a period of initiation into womanhood; domba dance, see domba sense 2.
1990 N.H.G. Jacobsen in Fauna & Flora No.47, 26At a lake called Fundudzi, Venda maidens are performing the Python Dance in anticipation of the rain that is going to fall.
A dance performed by unmarried Venda girls during a period of initiation into womanhood; domba dance, see domba sense 2.
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