Home›Masked›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups dances by whether their own religion still allows them. Wikipedia notes that dance's "connection with the human body and fertility has caused it to be forbidden by some religions; for example, some branches of Christianity and Islam have prohibited dancing." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor compare how differently two religions treat sacred dance.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Dances 1TraditionFilter Results6 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (1)Independent Survey (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (3)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (3)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2016-12-31 (1)2020-01-01 (3)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)712 (1)1100 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)30 (1)1000 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (3)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (2)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBonTradition1 entryBuddhismTradition1 entryChristianityTradition1 entryHinduismTradition2 entriesNative American ReligionTradition1 entryShintoTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.