devil dancing
- noun
- Literature
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danza del diablo
- The festival featured vibrant devil dancing all night long.
Examples
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During the summer carnival, participants showcased their skills with devil dancing, filling the streets with energy and excitement.
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Music echoed as villagers celebrated with traditional devil dancing.
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At the harvest festival, everyone joined in the devil dancing around the bonfire.
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The children spent hours devil dancing through the village streets.
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Have you ever seen devil dancing at a carnival?
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At the village celebration, lively devil dancing brought everyone together in a spirited atmosphere.
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The highlight of the festival was the traditional devil dancing, which captivated everyone with its lively movements.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving your body in time to music for fun with other people
People moving forward in a long winding line at a celebration
Antonyms
How Energetic
- Literature
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'devil' (mischievous or supernatural figure) and 'dance' can infer this refers to dancing that is devil-themed or devilish in character, so part of the meaning is predictable. However, the precise cultural sense — that it denotes a specific lively, festival dance or spirited performance — is not fully derivable from the words alone, so the expression is only partially transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Devil dancing may come from old village celebrations where people put on a 'devil' mask and danced in wild, noisy steps to scare away bad spirits or to entertain the crowd. That strong picture of a devil dancing is why the phrase now means 'a lively, energetic dance'.