The province of Jumps takes four centuries of poetry accompanying it since it crossed his section of history with the presence of the poetry. At the moment of the foundation of the city of It jumps, Hernando de Lerma had to his side to Ruy poet Diaz Guzmán. Mention by those years to San Francisco Solano and Felipe is due to do Fernandez of Cordova and Espinosa

In century XVIII, Filiberto de Mena, wrote "Vestigos and monuments that the province has of Jump in the incásica antiquity", considered the first work on American archaeology written in the country. Whereas Francisco Javier Fernandez made his "Twelve stars of the Sky of Maria" and Aryan Jose Antonio Rengel Hidalgo wrote his "corográfica History of the Chaco".

From the hand of century XIX the first journalist of the province arrives, Alvarez de Arenales, who cover the Magazine of Jumps. Century XX, after surpassing delayed romanticism, Literature salteña entered its present channel through texts of Juan Carlos Dávalos. In addition to verses of the popular singer Jaime Dávalos, stands out Manuel of Castile, novelist Antonio Nella Castro and Raul Aráoz Anzoátegui. Between the youngest writers he corresponds to mention to Wild Santiago and Leopoldo Castile among others.

The Pachamama
The Pachamama is the Earth Mother, thanks to which the cattle is multiplied and found grass in fertile valleys and water in the springs, as well as grows the maize that, transformed into chicha, drinks during the celebrations. To the Pachamama is celebrated it between half-full principle of July and of August, with offerings of chicha and cocaine, songs and dances.

The Coqueo
The Cocaine has been a shrub cultivated for centuries in Peru and Bolivia. In Argentina it is not cultivated, but the consumption of its leaves is current in all Northwest. In theory the import is prohibited, just as the sale and the consumption. However, the cocaine leaves are sold in the warehouses, is consumed it in public and uses it like tea. The traditional way to coquear consists of blunting a handful of leaves and introducing them, without chewing them, to a side of the mouth forming a bun of leaves that must be dampened with saliva to be extracting its juice slowly. The effects of the cocaine are little evident, but the consumed cocaine of this form, calm the thirst and the hunger and appeases the fatigue and the dream. She is beneficial against the apunamiento.

The barrow
It is a rudimentary stone pyramid, that can be found frequently in the Andean steps. The custom to stop at the top of the step and to add one more a stone to the barrow is millenarian. There are barrows that have been growing during centuries, like which it is in Opens of Acay, to 4,970 meters of altitude, the rutero step more stop of the world. The custom stays and barrows in open passages of routes are seen does few years. The tradition requires that an offering to the Pachamama becomes (something of tobacco, alcohol or the acullico of cocaine leaves)