Rock paintings across Zimbabwe are being studied for clues about how people in the region moved, gathered, and practiced ritual. Multiple sources describe rock art sites found throughout the country and note that the imagery reflects activities that may relate to trance, dance, and communal ceremonies. The paintings are said to span a long time period: they are attributed to hunter-gatherer groups and later to farming communities, with the tradition covering roughly the last 10,000 years. Research referenced in the coverage suggests that some depicted body movements may be influenced by altered states of consciousness, including trance-like experiences, rather than representing only ordinary daily actions. In this view, the rock art functions as a record of cultural practices in which movement and ritual are closely connected. The sources collectively emphasize both the geographic breadth of Zimbabwe’s rock art and its long historical continuity, while framing the interpretation of specific images through the lens of dance, ritual, and possible trance states.