They perform fascinating flips and tricks! The huayno style dance is a folk dance from the Andes Mountains performed by couples who do lots of turns, hops and tapping with their shoes to show their connection with earth and life. In the jungle, many of the dances show stories of how the people are connected to the plants and animals. The anaconda dance shows the strength and energy of the anaconda, which is known as the mother of the jungle in Peru.
The community continues to hold on to the tradition of dancing, and learning dances from different regions as a way to express themselves and their culture. Some of the dances are also important ceremonial traditions that show their connection with nature. Peruvian communities dance to ask the rains to come, for their crops to grow, for water to drink, for healthy land to grow crops, for sun to allow the crops to continue to grow, and to be protected from any dangerous events in nature.
Many of the dances are connected to the environment, especially those of the Incas. They are dedicated to the sun, moon, water, and mountains, and are performed as traditional ceremonies. More traditional folk dances also depict activities that people perform in the community, such as washing clothes in a river, picking crops from the farms, cooking and more!
