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-cion
- variant of -tion:
suspicion.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Nasir Lyons and Cion Townsend, both 18, were at the mall at the time of the shooting, police said.
The dance “Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro” is set in a cemetery.
Maqoma premiered the role of Toloki when “Cion” debuted at Johannesburg’s famed Market Theatre in 2017.
Featuring movement and song grounded in Isicathamiya — a form of a cappella singing, and associated footwork and gesture, that originated among South Africa’s Zulu population — the nine-dancer “Cion” is Maqoma’s response to past and present crises in his homeland.
He built his mortality-themed dance around the character of Toloki, the professional-mourner protagonist in “Ways of Dying” and “Cion,” two novels by South African author Zakes Mda.
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