Blog Entries tagged 'dances' http://www.hdrjapan.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:08:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.hdrjapan.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Okinawan-Odori.html&Itemid=69 Early History <p>Archeological evidence gleaned from illustrated ceramics fragments suggests that dance has been a part of daily life for thousands of years. Many early dances, such as those of Native Americans, derived from ceremonial and ritualistic purposes. Ancient Egyptian and Indian dances often had religious purposes, while those of ancient Greece were more celebratoryin nature. While Okinawa has several folk dances related to religious ceremonies, it developed its classical dances in a n [...] meg shishimai odori dances