The Rite of Spring Pictures of Pagan Russia
First Part The Fertility of the Earth
Introduction -- Dawn
The harbingers of spring -- The dances of the young girls
The ritual of abduction
The chants of spring
Contest of the two rival tribes
Procession of the wise old man and his entourage
The old man kisses the earth
Dance to insure the fertility of the earth
Second Part The Exalted Sacrifice
Introduction -- Night
Mystic dance of the young girls
The selection and honoring of the chosen one (the one to be sacrificed)
The summoning of the ancestors
Reenactment of the ancestral rites
The Sacrificial Dance
The chosen one is now in the company of the elders
She now begins the dance to her death