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:
Classical Indian dance
Classical Indian dance

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

* Celebration dance
o Festival dance
* Dance in ancient cultures
o Ancient Greece
o Ancient Rome
o Classical Indian dances
* Ritual dance, Magic/Mystic/Spiritual dance
o Circle dance
o Corroborree
o Dances of Universal Peace
o Religious dance
o Ritual dances of India
o Sema, or Whirling dervish dance
o War dance
o Weapon dance