The Cellar - April 25, 2007: Peruvian scissors dance

The Cellar (http://cellar.org/index.php)

- Image of the Day (http://cellar.org/forumdisplay.php?f=10)

- - April 25, 2007: Peruvian scissors dance (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=13980)

April 25, 2007: Peruvian scissors dance

http://cellar.org/2007/scissorsdance1.jpg

So many bizarre rituals in this world, cataloging them all is a full-time job.

http://cellar.org/2007/scissorsdance2.jpg

You need a tetanus shot just to look at the gallery of shots from the Mainichi Daily News. According to the official cap, this is...

Quote:

...the national scissors dance competition in Villa Maria, southern Lima, April 22, 2007. During the Peruvian Scissors Dance (Danza de las Tijeras), dancers compete by dancing as well as by taking part in trials such as glass-eating, walking on fire or sticking wires into their body to show spiritual superiority.

http://cellar.org/2007/scissorsdance3.jpg

So this guy thinks he's better than you, and he's willing to prove it by sticking rusty metal through his cheek and tongue. Once again the piercing people who get 3 holes in an ear, or one in the nose, are shown to be mere pikers. You can't compete so don't even try. As Zaphod Beeblebrox once said, "I get weirder things than you in my breakfast cereal."

http://cellar.org/2007/scissorsdance4.jpg

But here's the really weird part. The second half of this display is acrobatic dancing in colorful costumes. How manly and spiritual?

"piercing people"? is that to my address?

Trials of pain. Dances of joy. Pretty much what it means to be human.

That first dude stole those milk crates from my dorm room circa 1986. :mad2:

I don't see any scissors. ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 337402)

I don't see any scissors. ?

He's dancing to The Scissor Sisters.

I wonder if it has more roots in Native American ritual or Spanish.

I will never understand this notion of becoming closer to God through pain. If the pain KILLS YOU, then, yes, you will become closer to God. Just close enough to hear Him tell you "You're stupid, go to hell."

I can hear my Mom now..."Don't dance with scissors!"

Do they rhumba with razors?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 337539)

It's got nothing to do with being closer to God. It's about street creds, bragging rights and impressing the Chicas.

Have you failed to notice the giver-of-power in the scissor dance?

Note the first picture bottom left corner..

Meh. You can see the strings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPUCK (Post 337643)

Have you failed to notice the giver-of-power in the scissor dance?

Note the first picture bottom left corner..

Seems about right...this is pretty much how most of my drunken endeavors end up anyway...

(PS - Good catch, Spuck!)

What kind of dance is the second one doing? Looks like he's dancing with a harp.

You've heard of Harper's Bazaar? This is the bazaar part.

Actually.. he was just minding his own business, suckin down a few bruskies, when the harp attacked!

It was a bad harpenstance.