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The Rite of Spring is a contemporary Ballet shoreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky with music by Igor Stravinsky.

It follows a pagan tribe and their ceremonies to honor their gods, culminating in sacrificing a virgin to the God of Spring. The virgin, encircled by the men in the tribe disguised as bears, dances herself to death, and in the end is offered to the God.

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