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Ungeniused
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2: Dancing Mania
19 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2016 at 1:30 pm.
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In mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, large groups of people would dance in the streets. Were they sick? Was it just a form of escape? Did someone curse them?

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Dancing mania - Wikipedia
Dancing Plague of 1518 - Wikipedia
Pied Piper of Hamelin - Wikipedia
Tarantism - Wikipedia
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Mass psychogenic illness - Wikipedia
Sydenham's chorea - Wikipedia