ABSTRACT
‘When primitive man comes in close contact with the mysterious forces that rule his life, and when any important event is taking place in the community, he feels the need to renew the bonds of communal solidity, and it is in the dance that he is best able to do so. The total effect of the dance is to merge the individual will for the time being in that of the group, and so produce harmony and a common will. The dance is a powerful form of ceremonial which has as its function the strengthening of the tie between the group and the individual. The dance is essentially religious in origin.’
