One of the latent functions of the rain dance performed by the Hopi tribe of Arizona and New Mexico is the belief that the ceremony will bring rain to crops.

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Latent functions refer to the unintended or unrecognized consequences of an action or social process. The belief that the rain dance will bring rain is an explicit, intended purpose of the ceremony (a manifest function), not a latent function.

One of the Latent Functions of the Rain Dance Performed