Word: diablada
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their silver and china to the Virgin -just as their ancestors brought metal and pottery objects to their gods to seek good fortune. Then an Indian cast in the role of Lucifer, masked and cloaked in red velvet, capered into the area before the church doors. Thus began La Diablada (The Devilishness), Oruro's own version of the ancient auto sacramental (religious play...
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