17:02 | Lima, Jul. 01 (ANDINA).
Danza de las Tijeras (scissors dance) and La Huaconada, a ritual dance currently performed in the town of Mito, in the Mantaro Valley, would be included in the Representative List of the Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The National institute of Culture (INC) informed Thursday that formal recognition will be at closest meeting of Intergovernmental Committee of Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Section to be held November at Kenia.
Likewise, the committee will decide whether or not the Peruvian dance qualified for nomination.
The director of Peru's National Institute of Culture (INC), Cecilia Bákula received the approval of both dance dossiers for being included in the list of the Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This recognition will compromise Peru’s government to investigate and promote both dances for been National Cultural Heritage.
The Danza de las Tijeras (scissors dance) is an original dance from the Andes, in which two or more dancers show their physical dexterity and elasticity. They dance in turns, doing explicit movements and challenging steps, such as dancing with one foot.
La Huaconada is a celebration that parodies justice in Mito, a village in the Mantaro valley, lcoated in the city of Huncayo in Junin department. Visitors and tourists dance with the huaynos music, and they go around the whole village.
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Published: 7/1/2010