Rainmaking (ritual)
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[[Image:Harar Dance.jpg|thumb|A rain dance being performed in [[Harar]], Eastern Ethiopia]] |
[[Image:Harar Dance.jpg|thumb|A rain dance being performed in [[Harar]], Eastern Ethiopia]] |
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[[File:Potawatomi rain dance.gif|thumb|''Rain dance, ca. 1920'' (from the [[Potawatomi]] agency, presumably [[Prairie Band Potawatomi]] people)]] |
[[File:Potawatomi rain dance.gif|thumb|''Rain dance, ca. 1920'' (from the [[Potawatomi]] agency, presumably [[Prairie Band Potawatomi]] people)]] |
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'''Rainmaking''' is a [[weather modification]] [[ritual]] that attempts to invoke [[rain]]. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, [[Spirit (animating force)|spirits]], or |
'''Rainmaking''' is a [[weather modification]] [[ritual]] that attempts to invoke [[rain]]. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, [[Spirit (animating force)|spirits]], or their [[Ancestor worship|ancestors]] who withhold or bring rain.{{Cite book |last1=Chirikure |first1=Shadreck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pa7CgAAQBAJ&dq=kingdom+of+mapungubwe&pg=PT6 |title=Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy: Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State |last2=Delius |first2=Peter |last3=Esterhuysen |first3=Amanda |last4=Hall |first4=Simon |last5=Lekgoathi |first5=Sekibakiba |last6=Maulaudzi |first6=Maanda |last7=Neluvhalani |first7=Vele |last8=Ntsoane |first8=Otsile |last9=Pearce |first9=David |date=2015-10-01 |publisher=Real African Publishers Pty Ltd. |isbn=978-1-920655-06-8 |language=en}} |
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Among the best known examples of weather modification rituals are North American '''rain dances''', historically performed by many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes, particularly in the [[Southwestern United States]]. Some of these weather modification rituals are still implemented today.{{cite web|title=Rain Dance|url=http://www.indians.org/articles/rain-dance.html|work=Indians.org|publisher=American Indian Heritage Foundation|access-date=4 September 2011}} |
Among the best known examples of weather modification rituals are North American '''rain dances''', historically performed by many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes, particularly in the [[Southwestern United States]]. Some of these weather modification rituals are still implemented today.{{cite web|title=Rain Dance|url=http://www.indians.org/articles/rain-dance.html|work=Indians.org|publisher=American Indian Heritage Foundation|access-date=4 September 2011}} |
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