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sun dance

ceremony practiced by some Indigenous people in North America
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sun dance

Summary

sun dance is a ceremony[1]. It draws 2,473 Wikipedia views per month (ceremony category, ranking #6 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • sun dance's instance of is recorded as ceremony[3].
  • sun dance's instance of is recorded as type of dance[4].
  • sun dance is a type of indigenous American dance[5].
  • sun dance's Commons category is recorded as Sun Dance[6].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include ceremony[3] and type of dance[4].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for sun dance include Sundance[7], a town in the United States[8], in United States[9].

Why It Matters

sun dance draws 2,473 Wikipedia views per month (ceremony category, ranking #6 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Entities named for it include Sundance[7], a town in the United States[8], in United States[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sun dance. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-dance
MLA “sun dance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-dance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sun-dance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sun dance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-dance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → ceremony, type of dance
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: sun-dance, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958788|sun dance (#289958788)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
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