She has been influenced by her travels in Eastern Europe - most of her shows include weird bits of folk ritual.
Such dancing is quite common to folk ritual in many parts of the world.
The tread of dancers' feet in one scene was based on a folk ritual designed to drive away evil spirits.
Hughes and Hurston develop their drama by imitating and repeating historical black folk rituals.
The third boon is found only in the folk rituals.
These three films show Mr. Jamie's preoccupation with violent folk rituals of the working class.
Early in the Spanish period (1565-1898), existing folk rituals seem often to have been combined with what the missionaries were trying to teach.
He was one of the first to collect Russian proverbs and describe folk rituals and observances.
It was also a place to leave offerings and to hold folk rituals.
Traditional folk rituals include groups of young men and women singing ritual songs to each other.