按照舞蹈功能划分的舞蹈种类之一.祭礼舞蹈起源于原始社会的图腾崇拜舞蹈和巫术仪式舞蹈.在原始宗教中，人们把与自己氏族有密切联系的动物和植物作为自己氏族的族徽或图腾标志，把其奉为自己的祖先或保护神，在图腾崇拜的仪式中，人们用舞蹈颂扬祖先和神明的功绩，以求神明的庇祐.
随着原始信仰的出现而形成了图腾舞蹈、巫术舞蹈、祭祀舞蹈。
With the appearance of primitive belief came the dances of totem, sorcery, and sacrificial ceremony.
以后又用来讴歌黄帝的功德，作为祭祖和祈求丰收的祭祀舞蹈。
Later the dance was used to praise the virtues and achievements of Huangdi, and then became a sacrificial dance in ancestral ceremonies asking for ample harvests.
在早期，土家族舞蹈形象以祭祀形式存在，同时也表现出土家族民俗文化的具体形态，成为人们表达与宣泄情感的最佳载体。
In the early days when dance was used to worship the image of the form, to show the specific form of Tujia folk culture, people expressed and vent their feelings as the best carrier.
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