Tinya palla

Tinya palla (Quechua "tinya" a kind of drum, "palla" dame, lady, mature woman of the Inca nobility / a Peruvian folk dance with women representing Inca princesses) or wiqru palla (Quechua "wiqru" twisted, bent) is a traditional dance of the Pomabamba Province in the Ancash Region in Peru. In 2009 the National Institute of Culture declared "tinya palla" a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by "Resolución Directoral Nacional" No. 491/INC-2009.