Ceremonial dance

Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic.

This compares to other major dance categories based on purpose:

- Competitive dance - Erotic dance - Participation dance - Performance dance - Social dance

Celebration dance

Festival dance

Dance in ancient cultures

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Indian classical dance

Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Some Basque dances

Căluşari

Circle dance

Corroborree

Dances of Universal Peace

Long Sword dance

Morris dance

Rapper dance

Religious dance

Ritual dances of China

Ritual dances of India

Sema, or Whirling dervish dance

War dance

Weapon dance