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Seminole folk songs include those used to treat the sick and injured, and to encourage animals to be easily hunted. Hunting songs were a cappella and call-and-response. A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ... Call and response is a form of spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements (calls) are punctuated by expressions (responses) from the listener, as stated by Smitherman [1]. In West African cultures, call and response is a pervasive pattern of democratic...

The two major ritual dances were the Corn Dance, held in June, and the Hunting Dance, held in October; other informal dances were held throughout the year, with some specific dances only performed in either summer or winter. Many dances were connected with an animal spirit, such as the Snake Dance, the Crawfish Dance and the very important Alligator Dance.

Reference

• Densmore, Francis (1956). Seminole Music, Florida Heritage Collection.