Sun and Rain?

Question

What are the rituals for the sun coming out and for making it rain? I know there are antient history things like that.

Answer 1

Some of the Native Americans used to do a rain dance and a sun dance .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AimSHqCq0...

Answer 2

Your question is not Astronomy, sorry.  

However, the earth is spinning on its axis, and as the portion of the earth you're on turns toward the sun, that makes the sun "rise".  When the portion of the earth you're on turns away from the sun, that makes the sun "set".  

When a cloud that's blocking the sun from your view moves on, and the sun reappears, we say the sun has "come out".  It really hasn't.  It's where it's always been.  The cloud just moved.  

When water vapor condenses it makes clouds.  Sometimes those clouds get so saturated that the water falls back to earth in liquid form, called rain.  

Hope that helps!  :-)

Answer 3

A rain dance is a ceremonial dance that is performed in order to invoke rain and to ensure the protection of the harvest.

Various interpretations of "rain dances" can be found in many cultures, from Ancient Egypt to certain Native American tribes. They could still be found in the 20th century Balkans, in a ritual known as Paparuda (Romanian) or Perperuna (Slavic).

The Cherokee tribe, an ethnic Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, including Southern Appalachia, performed rain dances to both induce precipitation and to cleanse evil spirits from the earth. The legend of the tribe holds that the rain summoned by the tribe contains the spirits of past tribal chiefs, who, when falling, battle evil spirits in the transitional plane between our reality and the spirit world. It was also believed that particularly elaborate rain dances could inspire the participants, as well as audience, to partake in unusual and extreme acts of worship.