These human figures, with twisted limbs, appear to be dancing. But when you look at them close up, some of the faces have expressions of pain. Thus some have speculated that these represent the spirits of sick patients, or people with birth defects. Others say they represent the images of criminals or prisoners of war, condemned to be symbolically entombed forever in distorted positions to demonstrate the power of the rulers.
這些四肢卷曲的人形，好像在手舞足蹈，然而走近細看，有些人的臉上露出痛苦或痙攣的表情，因此有一說這是描繪殘疾者或各種病人的神態；也有人說這些是被擄獲的敵人或罪犯，他們被處罰永遠以扭曲的姿態囚禁在石頭中，藉此警告統治者的強力。