Lord of the Flies

In the Lord of Flies the word dance became a euphemism for what concept and why was emphenism used?

Chapter 9 and 10

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The word "dance" becomes a euphemism for ceremony..... a ceremonial sacrifice in which the pig is celebrated and the death of two others (humans) is metaphorically and literally enacted.

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Lord of the Flies