For more than 500 years, the heart-stopping clanging of the Danza de Tijeras has echoed throughout the Andean mountains. Named for the pair of iron rods each dancer wields in his right hand, the ...
The scissors dance is performed by inhabitants of Quechua villages and communities in the south-central Andes of Peru, and now in urban settings. This competitive ritual dance is performed during dry ...
Peru is celebrating this week after UNESCO announced that the scissors dance, a traditional competitive dance from Quechua villages in Peru’s south-central highlands and Huaconada met the criteria for ...
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