fish dance

fish dance
1) a dance of Great Lakes Indians involving flipping motions of the hands and feet
2) any of a variety of dances world-wide involving fish and fishing, meant to improve catches by propitiating gods or celebrating a way of life

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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