Diablada
Sign in to saveThe Diablada, also known as the Danza de los Diablos (), is an Andean folk dance performed in Bolivia, in the Altiplano region of South America, characterized by performers wearing masks and costumes representing the devil and other characters from pre-Columbian theology and mythology. combined with Spanish and Christian elements added during the colonial era. Many scholars have concluded that the dance is descended from the Llama llama dance in honor of the Uru god Tiw, and the Aymaran ritual to the demon Anchanchu, both originating in pre-Columbian Bolivia
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- Dance.name
- Diablada
- Dance.image
- Carnaval de Oruro dia I (60).JPG
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- A Diablada dance squad passing through the streets during the Carnival.
- Dance.genre
- Folk dance
- Dance.inventor
- Pre-Columbian Andean civilizations
- Dance.year
- 1500s
- Dance.origin
- Altiplano region, Bolivia, South America
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Columbian origins
- Spanish influence
- Post-independence period
- Choreography
- Music
- Regional variations
- ''Diablada Puneña'' (Peru)
- ''Fiesta de La Tirana'' (Chile)
- ''Diablada de Pillaro'' (Equador)
- See also
- References
- External links
The Diablada, also known as the Danza de los Diablos (), is an Andean folk dance performed in Bolivia, in the Altiplano region of South America, characterized by performers wearing masks and costumes representing the devil and other characters from pre-Columbian theology and mythology. combined with Spanish and Christian elements added during the colonial era. Many scholars have concluded that the dance is descended from the Llama llama dance in honor of the Uru god Tiw, and the Aymaran ritual to the demon Anchanchu, both originating in pre-Columbian Bolivia
While the dance had been performed in the Andean region as early as the 1500s, its name originated in 1789 in Oruro, where performers dressed like the devil in parades called Diabladas. The first organized Diablada group with defined music and choreography appeared in Bolivia in 1904. There is also some evidence of the dance originating among miners in Potosí, while regional dances in Peru and Chile may have also influenced the modern version.