[2] Danzantes de tijeras (scissors dancers) are descendants of the "tusuq laykas", prehispanic priests, fortune tellers, healers and shamans who experienced persecution during the colony.

In this colonial period, they began to be known as "supaypa waman" (son of the devil in Quechua) and took refuge in the highest areas.

Basically, the scissors dance is an impressive manifestation of physical art and skills, but to the Andean man it represents a complex ritual.

A series of mysteries stalk around the dancers (the ones who do the ritual) who, in a surge of force and elasticity, test their skills with the gymnastics-like jump at the sound of a harp and a violin, while they cut the air with their scissors.

According to the priests of the colony, its magical side obeys to an assumption pact with the devil, due to surprising moves or tests that they execute in the dance.