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How Hundreds Danced Themselves to Death | Dancing Plague

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The Cult Theory

Dancing plagues were actually a ritual called the kindling of the nod fire. This is a practice where people danced and created bonfires in a way to ward off disease. In an environment where famine was starting to spread, your harvest aren't as good, you can start to entertain the idea that someone was behind this.

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