The ritual ceremony of the "voladores" is a religious manifestation originating from Mesoamerica. Representations of this ritual have been found in funerary ceramics of Western cultures (Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit). This custom spread to other peoples, likely associated with fertility cults.

To this day, the Nahua and Totonac peoples of the Sierra Norte de Puebla and the Totonacapan in Veracruz are the ones who continue to practice it.

The celebration is accompanied by dances and music, and everything revolves around a "flying pole" over 20 meters high, topped with a wooden cross, which enables the rotations. Ropes are attached to the ends of the cross, securing the dancers and symbolizing the four cardinal points, with the "caporal" representing the center.

Each "volador" jumps into the void upside down, to the rhythm of the drum and flute played by the "caporal." The volador is held by the waist and spins 13 times, symbolically descending through the 13 heavens of the sun god. When multiplied by the four voladores, this yields the result of 52, as this number represents the 52-year cycle of the indigenous calendar.

This is a complex ritual that seeks to express respect for nature and the spiritual universe, starting from the preparation and placement of the pole, which must be freshly cut and done with the authorization of the mountain deity.