Quechua scissors-dance tradition
Indigenous Americas Rite / ceremony
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Quechua scissors-dance tradition is cataloged as a Rite / ceremony within Indigenous Americas. Its candidate country context is “Peru” and its period or origin is “Colonial-era documentation with older Andean elements; living.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Southern Peruvian Quechua ceremonial traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Danza de las tijeras; Danzaq; scissors dance
- Parent tradition
- Southern Peruvian Quechua ceremonial traditions
- Public geographic context
- Peru
- Period / origin
- Colonial-era documentation with older Andean elements; living
- Living / historical status
- Living performance and ceremonial tradition
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidatePeru
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
Quechua scissors-dance tradition. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0941. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0941
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