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{{Infobox music genre
{{Infobox dance
|name=Diablada
| title = Diablada
|bgcolor = red
| name =
| image = Carnaval de Oruro dia I (60).JPG
|color = white
| imagesize =
|stylistic_origins = [[Spanish culture]] and [[Andean music]].<sup>[[#infobox_notes|i]]</sup>
| alt =
|cultural_origins =
| caption = A Diablada dance squad passing through the streets during the [[Carnaval virgen de la candelaria in peru| Carnival]] and [[Bolivia]].
'''for [[Bolivia]]:''' Roots in the [[prehispanic]] [[Uros|Uru traditions]] in the location of [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]] in the 1st century, institutionalized by the choreographer Pedro Pablo Corrales and his dance squad ''[[Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro]]'' in 1904.<br/>&nbsp;<br/>
| genre = [[Folk dance]]
'''for [[Peru]]:''' Roots in the ''[[autos sacramentales]]'' taught in the city of [[Juli, Peru|Juli]] to the [[Aymara]]n kingdom [[Lupaca]] in 1576, institutionalized in 1892 with the formation of the musical band ''[[Sikuris del Barrio Mañazo]]''.<sup>[[#infobox_notes|ii]]</sup>
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|instruments = [[cymbal]], [[bass drum]], [[trumpet]], [[tuba]], ''[[Siku (panpipe)|siku]]'', [[quena]] and more depending on regional variations.<sup>[[#infobox_notes|iii]]</sup>
| inventor = [[Pre-Columbian era|Pre-Columbian]] [[Andean bolivian, civilizations]]
|popularity = [[Bolivia]], southern [[Peru]], northern [[Chile]].
| year = 1500s
|subgenres = [[Diablada Puneña]].
| origin = [[Altiplano]] region, Bolivia, South America
|regional_scenes = '''in Bolivia:'''<br/>
''[[Carnaval de Oruro]]'', ''[[Fiesta del Gran Poder]]'', ''[[Fiesta de Urkupiña]]'', ''[[Fiesta de Ch'utillos]]'', ''[[Entrada de la Virgen de Guadalupe]]'' among others.<br/>
'''in Peru:'''<br/>
''[[Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)|Fiesta de la Candelaria]]''.<br/>
'''in Chile:'''<br/>
''[[Fiesta de La Tirana]]''
|other_topics = [[Andean music]]
[[File:Diablada Altiplano Origin Locations.png|210px|Location of the three ''Diablada'' places of origin. Altiplano region labeled as yellow on map.]]
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{{cot|Notes|bg=#FFDAB9}}
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman">
<li>The origins and patrimonial identity of the ''Diablada'' is a matter of dispute among authorities and historians of Bolivia, Chile and Peru.<ref name="WLSspat">{{cite news |title=In This Spat Between Bolivia and Peru, The Details Are in the Devils|author={{aut|Moffett, Matt}} |author2={{aut|Kozak, Robert}} |authorlink2=Robert Kozak|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125081309502848049.html|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=21 August 2009.|page=A1|accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>
</li>
<li>The Peruvian historian [[Enrique Cuentas Ormachea]] published in 1986 an article where he, quoting the newspaper [[Los Andes (Puno)|Los Andes]] of [[Puno]] dated on February 2nd, 1918, mentioned that the first dance squad performing the ''Diablada'' in Peru was named ''Los Vaporinos'' which rented the suits and band from Pedro Pablo Corrales; later in 1922, ''Los Vaporinos'' due to budget limitations hired the ''Sikuris del Barrio Mañazo'' creating what is known as [[Diablada puneña]].<ref name="CuentasOrmacheaPP35-36">[[#refCuentasOrmachea1986|Cuentas Ormachea 1986]], pp. 35-36, 45.</ref> Later after the [[Miss Universe 2009#Bolivia – Peru dispute|2009 Bolivian-Peruvian dispute]] regarding this dance grew this version was denied.<ref name="CuentasOrmachea2009">{{cite news |title=Diablada: coreografía, vestimenta y música|author={{aut|Cuentas Ormachea, Enrique}} |authorlink= Enrique Cuentas Ormachea|url=http://www.losandes.com.pe/Cultural/20090823/26162.html|newspaper=[[Los Andes (Puno)|Los Andes]]|location=Puno, Peru|date=23 August 2009.|accessdate=24 October 2009 |language=Spanish |trans_title=''Diablada'': choreography, clothing and music}}</ref></li>
<li>The differences in the instruments are due to the regional variations in Bolivia the dance is accompanied by trumpets and drums while in Peru with sikus and quenas.</li>
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The '''Diablada''' or '''Danza de los Diablos''' ({{lang-en|Dance of the Devils}}), is a traditional dance of the Bolivian [[Altiplano]] and the Peruvian [[Puno]] [[Regions of Peru|department]] characterized by the mask and devil suit wore by the dancers.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=S2E3Q62l-lUC&pg=PA63&dq=Diablada+Danza+de+Diablos&hl=en&ei=tKWGTYqXAsOV0QHg2K3CCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Diablada%20Danza%20de%20Diablos&f=false Page 63</ref><ref name="DRAE">{{cite web |url=http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=diablada |title=Diccionario de la Lengua Española - Vigésima segunda edición |author={{aut|Real Academia Española}} |authorlink=Real Academia Española |year= 2001 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |trans_title=Spanish Language Dictionary - 22nd edition |accessdate=30 November 2009 |quote=''Danza típica de la región de Oruro, en Bolivia, llamada así por la careta y el traje de diablo que usan los bailarines'' (Typical dance from the region of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], in [[Bolivia]], called that way by the mask and devil suit wore by the dancers).}}</ref> The dance is a mixture of the Spaniard's theatrical presentations and Andean religious ceremonies such as the ''[[Llama llama]]'' dance in honour of the [[Uros|Uru]] god [[Tiw]] (their protector in mines, lakes, and rivers),<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&cp=BO |title=Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage |year=2001 |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |accessdate=3 October 2009 |quote=The town of Oruro, situated at an altitude of 3,700 metres in the mountains of western Bolivia and once a pre-Columbian ceremonial site, was an important mining area in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Resettled by the Spanish in 1606, it continued to be a sacred site for the Uru people, who would often travel long distances to perform their rituals, especially for the principal Ito festival. The Spanish banned these ceremonies in the seventeenth century, but they continued under the guise of Christian liturgy: the Andean gods were concealed behind Christian icons and the Andean divinities became the Saints. The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, celebrated on Candlemas (2 February). The traditional llama llama or diablada in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro.}}</ref> and the Aymaran miner's ritual to [[Anchanchu]] (a terrible demon spirit of caves and other isolated places).<ref name="RubioZapata">{{cite journal |author={{aut|Rubio Zapata, Miguel}} |date=Fall 2007 |title=Diablos Danzantes en Puno, Perú |trans_title=Dancing devils in Puno, Peru |journal=ReVista, Harvard Review of Latin America |volume=VII |issue=1 |pages=66–67 |url=http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/1005 |language=Spanish |accessdate=24 October 2009}}</ref>
The '''Diablada''', also known as the '''Danza de los Diablos''' ({{lang-en|Dance of the Devils}}), is an [[Andean civilizations|Andean]] [[folk dance]] performed in Bolivia the [[Altiplano]] region of South America, characterized by performers wearing masks and costumes representing the [[devil]] and other characters from [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] theology and mythology.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2E3Q62l-lUC&dq=Diablada+Danza+de+Diablos&pg=PA63|page=63|title=Music-cultures in Contact: Convergences and Collisions|isbn=9782884491372|last1=Kartomi|first1=Margaret J.|last2=Blum|first2=Stephen|year=1994}}</ref><ref name="DRAE">{{cite web |url=http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=diablada |title=Diccionario de la Lengua Española&nbsp;– Vigésima segunda edición |author=Real Academia Española |author-link=Real Academia Española |year= 2001 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |trans-title=Spanish Language Dictionary - 22nd edition |access-date=30 November 2009 |quote=''Danza típica de la región de Oruro, en Bolivia, llamada así por la careta y el traje de diablo que usan los bailarines'' (Typical dance from the region of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], in [[Bolivia]], called that way by the mask and devil suit worn by the dancers).}}</ref> combined with Spanish and Christian elements added during the [[Spanish Empire|colonial era]]. Many scholars have concluded that the dance is descended from the [[Llama llama]] dance in honor of the [[Uros|Uru]] god [[Tiw (god)|Tiw]],<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&cp=BO |title=Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage |year=2001 |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date=3 October 2009 |quote=The town of Oruro, situated at an altitude of 3,700 metres in the mountains of western Bolivia and once a pre-Columbian ceremonial site, was an important mining area in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Resettled by the Spanish in 1606, it continued to be a sacred site for the Uru people, who would often travel long distances to perform their rituals, especially for the principal Ito festival. The Spanish banned these ceremonies in the seventeenth century, but they continued under the guise of Christian liturgy: the Andean gods were concealed behind Christian icons and the Andean divinities became the Saints. The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, celebrated on Candlemas (2 February). The traditional llama llama or diablada in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro.}}</ref> and the [[Aymara people|Aymaran]] ritual to the demon [[Anchanchu]], both originating in pre-Columbian [[Bolivia]]<ref name="RubioZapata">{{cite journal |author=Rubio Zapata, Miguel |date=Fall 2007 |title=Diablos Danzantes en Puno, Perú |trans-title=Dancing devils in Puno, Peru |journal=ReVista, Harvard Review of Latin America |volume=VII |issue=1 |pages=66–67 |url=http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/1005 |language=es |access-date=24 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401071207/http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/1005 |archive-date=1 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Manzana2">{{cite interview|last=Morales Serruto|first=José|title=La diablada, manzana de la discordia en el altiplano <nowiki>[The ''Diablada'', the bone of contention in the Altiplano]</nowiki>|url=http://www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/nota.php?txtEdi_id=18&txtSecci_id=72&txtSecci_parent=&txtNota_id=106612|access-date=27 September 2009|publisher=[[Correo (Puno)|Correo]]|location=Puno, Peru|date=3 August 2009|language=es}}{{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


While the dance had been performed in the Andean region as early as the 1500s, its name originated in 1789 in [[Oruro, Bolivia]], 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.<ref name="DRAE" /><ref>http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/documentos/FORMULARIO%20DE%20CANDIDATURA.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104051802/http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/documentos/FORMULARIO%20DE%20CANDIDATURA.pdf|date=2009-11-04}} Compilation of historians, anthropologists, researchers and folklorists about the Carnival of Oruro and La Diablada</ref> There is also some evidence of the dance originating among miners in [[Potosí|Potosi, Bolivia]],<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade">{{cite interview |last=Arancibia Andrade |first=Freddy |title=Investigador afirma que la diablada surgió en Potosí <nowiki>[Investigator affirms that the ''Diablada'' emerged in Potosí]</nowiki> |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |language=es |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904134937/http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |archive-date=4 September 2009 }}</ref> while regional dances in Peru and Chile may have also influenced the modern version.
The origins and sense of patrimonial identity of this dance is a matter of dispute between authorities and historians of [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], and [[Chile]].<ref name="WLSspat" /> There is a style of dance proper of [[Ecuador]] named ''[[Diablada pillareña]]'',<ref name="pillaro">{{cite web |url=http://www.derechoecuador.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4824&Itemid=512 |title=Registro Oficial No.516 |author=Presidency of Ecuador |authorlink=President of Ecuador |date=28 January 2009 |location=Quito, Ecuador |language=Spanish |trans_title=Official Registry No.526 |accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref> and squads of ''Diablada'' were founded in other countries such as [[Argentina]], [[United States]] and [[Austria]]by residents of [[Bolivia]].<ref name="ArgentinaSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.comunidadboliviana.com.ar/shop/detallenot.asp?notid=733 |title=Fraternidad Folcklórica la Diablada y su Ballet de Danzas Bolivia Morón-Argentina |author={{aut|Pomacusi, William}} |date=15 March 2006 |publisher=[http://ComunidadBoliviana.com.ar ComunidadBoliviana.com.ar] |location=Buenos Aires, Argentina |language=Spanish |trans_title=Folkloric fraternity The ''Diablada'' and its ballet of Bolivia dances Morón-Argentina}}</ref><ref name="USAsquad">{{cite news |title=Publican en EEUU un libro sobre la Diablada Boliviana |author={{aut|Morales Luján, Armando}} |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090220_006644/nota_253_766270.htm |newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]] |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=20 February 2009 |accessdate=24 March 2010 |language=Spanish |trans_title=Book will be published in USA about the Bolivian Diablada}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="AustriaSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9750175/englisch/ebolivia-html.htm |title=Tanzgruppe BOLIVIA - folk dances from Bolivia |publisher=Tanzgruppe Bolivia |location=Vienna, Austria |accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
=== Pre-Columbian origins ===
{{Main|History of the Diablada}}
The origin of the ''Diablada'' is a matter of dispute between the countries of Peru and Bolivia.<ref name="WLSspat"/> Three main locations exist for the possible origin of the dance. These places are:
*Juli, Peru: The ''Diablada'' would have been introduced in [[1576]] to the native [[Lupaka]]s people of [[Juli]], located near [[Lake Titicaca]] in the Altiplano of present-day [[Puno Region|Puno]], Peru; and from there it allegedly spread to other parts of the Spanish domain in the Americas.<ref name="Manzana">{{cite interview |last=Morales Serruto |first=José |title=La diablada, manzana de la discordia en el altiplano <nowiki>[The ''Diablada'', the bone of contention in the Altiplano]</nowiki> |url=http://www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/nota.php?txtEdi_id=18&txtSecci_id=72&txtSecci_parent=&txtNota_id=106612 |callsign=(in Spanish). [[Correo (Puno)|Correo]] |city=Puno,Peru |date=3 August 2009 |accessdate=27 September 2009}}</ref>
*Oruro, Bolivia: The 2001 proclamation of the ''[[Carnaval de Oruro]]'' as one of the [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]] by the [[UNESCO]] suggested that this dance had roots in the ancient dance of the ''[[Llama llama]]'' in worship of the [[Uros|Uru]] god [[Tiw]]. This used to take place in the ancient location where the modern [[Oruro, Bolivia]] is nowadays, which was a sacred place for the Urus.<ref name="UNESCO"/>
*Potosí, Bolivia: The dance could have had its beginnings in another city of modern-day [[Bolivia]], such as in the city of [[Potosí, Bolivia|Potosí]], back then a miner's settlement during the [[Spanish conquest]], from where it later spread to [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]] and other parts of the [[Altiplano]].<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade">{{cite interview |last=Arancibia Andrade |first=Freddy |title=Investigador afirma que la diablada surgió en Potosí <nowiki>[Investigator affirms that the ''Diablada'' emerged in Potosí]</nowiki> |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |callsign=(in Spanish). |city=La Paz, Bolivia |date=20 August 2009 |accessdate=2 October 2009}}</ref>

During the evangelism of the natives, the missionaries instilled the Christian paradigm of good and evil by teaching them their theatrical dance which was a representation of the [[seven deadly sins]] that concluded with the victory of the [[angel]]s over the [[demon]]s (which is how the costumes of angels and demons became associated with the dance). Ultimately, the result was a fusion between Spanish and Andean culture in the Altiplano as the original dance taught by the Jesuit missionaries adopted Andean elements.

The ''Diablada''' represents a mixture between Christianity and Andean religions that goes as far back as [[1538]], where in the mines of [[Aullagas]] (in northern [[Potosí Department|Potosí]]) the natives adopted [[Christian]] religious figures and adapted them to their indigenous religious visions.<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade"/> The dance eventually became part of a series of Christian religious festivities, most prominently during the celebrations to the [[Virgin of Candelaria]] (also known as the [[Virgin of Socavón]]).<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade"/> These [[Christian]] rituals replaced the old Andean beliefs and mythology, and the festivities changed from honouring what were considered "pagan" gods to that of honouring Christian [[saint]]s and [[God in Christianity|God]]. Over the years, the ''Diablada'' has developed uniquely in various regions of South America, which has led to variations such as the [[Diablada Puneña]] and the [[Diablada of Oruro]].<ref name="RubioZapata" />

===Native American roots===
[[File:Fiesta de los Collasuyos.jpg|thumb|alt=Ancient drawing of the ''Collasuyus''.|Depiction of a [[Collasuyu]] party in the 17th century book ''[[Primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno]]'' of [[Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala]].]]
[[File:Fiesta de los Collasuyos.jpg|thumb|alt=Ancient drawing of the ''Collasuyus''.|Depiction of a [[Collasuyu]] party in the 17th century book ''[[Primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno]]'' of [[Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala]].]]
Bolivian historians claim that the Diablada originated in that country, and that Oruro should be named as its place of origin under the [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]] policy promoted by [[UNESCO]]; Bolivia has also claimed that performances of the dance in other countries are [[cultural appropriation]].<ref name="LaPrensa1408092">{{cite news|date=14 August 2009|title=Perú dice que la diablada no es exclusiva de Bolivia|language=es|trans-title=Peru says that the ''Diablada'' is not exclusive of Bolivia|newspaper=[[La Prensa (La Paz)|La Prensa]]|publisher=Editores Asociados S.A.|location=La Paz, Bolivia|url=http://www.laprensa.com.bo/noticias/14-08-09/noticias.php?nota=14_08_09_alfi5.php|access-date=10 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="DiablosDiabladas2">[[Diablada#refDiablosDiabladas|Echevers Tórrez 2009]]</ref> Bolivian historians currently maintain that the Diablada dates back 2000 years to the rituals of the [[Uros|Uru civilization]] dedicated to the mythological figure [[Tiw (god)|Tiw]], who protected caves, lakes, and rivers as places of shelter. The dance is believed to have originated as the ''[[Llama llama]]'' in the ancient settlement of Oruro, which was one of the major centers of the Uru civilization.<ref name="UNESCOformPP10-17" /><ref>[[Diablada#refGuamanPoma1615|Guaman Poma de Ayala 1615]], p.235.</ref> The dance includes references to animals that appear in Uru mythology such as ants, lizards, toads, and snakes.<ref name="MineTiw2">{{cite web|author=Claure Covarrubias, Javier|date=January 2009|title=El Tío de la mina|trans-title=The Uncle of the mine|url=http://www.islabahia.com/arenaycal/2009/156_enero/javier_claure_156.asp|access-date=13 January 2010|publisher=Arena y Cal, revista literaria y cultural divulgativa|location=Stockholm, Sweden|language=es}}</ref><ref name="UruMyth2">{{cite web|author=Ríos, Edwin|year=2009|title=Mitología andina de los urus|trans-title=Andean mythology of the Urus|url=http://www.micarnaval.net/mitologia.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224155130/http://www.micarnaval.net/mitologia.htm|archive-date=24 December 2009|access-date=13 January 2010|website=Mi Carnaval |language=es}}</ref><ref name="DiabladaOrigOruro2">{{cite web|author=Ríos, Edwin|year=2009|title=La Diablada originada en Oruro&nbsp;– Bolivia|trans-title=The ''Diablada'' originated in Oruro&nbsp;– Bolivia|url=http://www.micarnaval.net/origen_diablada.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815145701/http://www.micarnaval.net/origen_diablada.htm|archive-date=15 August 2009|access-date=13 January 2010|website=Mi Carnaval |language=es}}</ref> Bolivian anthropologist Milton Eyzaguirre adds that the ancient cultures of the Bolivian Andes practiced a death cult called ''cupay'', with that term eventually evolving into ''supay'' or the devil figure in the modern Diablada.<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus2">{{cite news|date=9 August 2009|title=La diablada orureña se remonta a la época de los Urus precoloniales|language=es|trans-title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro goes back to the times of the Pre-Columbian Urus|newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]]|location=La Paz, Bolivia|url=http://co.wradiofm.com/nota.aspx?id=858474|access-date=9 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813192031/http://co.wradiofm.com/nota.aspx?id=858474|archive-date=13 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The debate about the patrimonial identity of the ''Diablada'' concerns its roots as well.<ref name="WLSspat" /> Chilean and Peruvian organizations suggest that since this dance is inspired in the Andean civilizations previous to the formation of the current national borders, it should belong equally to the three nations and other [[Andean states]] such as [[Argentina]] and [[Ecuador]] as well. Bolivian cultural organizations and government label this as an "unlawful cultural heritage appropriation" and consider that the declaration of the ''[[Carnaval de Oruro]]'' as one of the [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]] gives Bolivia and the city of Oruro support on this claim.<ref name="LaPrensa140809">{{cite news |title=Perú dice que la diablada no es exclusiva de Bolivia |url=http://www.laprensa.com.bo/noticias/14-08-09/noticias.php?nota=14_08_09_alfi5.php |date=14 August 2009 |newspaper=[[La Prensa (La Paz)|La Prensa]] |publisher=Editores Asociados S.A. |location=La Paz, Bolivia |accessdate=10 December 2009 |language=Spanish |trans_title=Peru says that the ''Diablada'' is not exclusive of Bolivia}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Bolivian scholars such as the professor of ethnomusicology and cultural heritage, Diego Echevers Tórrez, express that the ''Diablada'' is not the mere representation of the devils in a defined space, but constitutes the cultural heritage of the city of Oruro with specific actors and environment.<ref name="DiablosDiabladas">[[#refDiablosDiabladas|Echevers Tórrez 2009]]</ref>


Due to [[syncretism]] caused by Spanish influence in later centuries, Tiw was eventually associated with the devil; Spanish authorities also outlawed several of the ancient traditions but incorporated others into Christian theology.<ref>[[#refUNESCOform|A.C.F, O. 2001]], p.3.</ref> Local and regional Diablada festivals arose during the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish colonial period]] and were eventually consolidated as the [[Carnaval de Oruro]] in the [[Oruro, Bolivia|modern city]] of that name.<ref name="UNESCOformPP10-17">[[#refUNESCOform|A.C.F, O. 2001]], pp.10-17.</ref>
====Aymaran roots theory====
The scholars who defend the theory of [[Juli District|Juli]] ([[Peru]]) identify the roots of this dance with the [[Aymara people|Aymara]]n traditions of the [[Lupaka]]s. Based on the written accounts of 16th century historian and writer [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]], the Lupaka natives of Juli in the year [[1576]] presented their version of the ''Autos Sacramentales'' taught to them by Spanish Jesuit priests.<ref name="Manzana"/> The director of the cultural group ''Yuyachkani'' of Peru, Miguel Rubio Zapata, during an interview in 2007 with the Punean mask maker, Edwin Loza Huarachi, proposes linking the [[Diablada Puneña]] with the myth of the [[Anchanchu]], a pre-Hispanic [[Aymara people|Aymara]] deity.<ref name="RubioZapata" /> Also, researchers Peter McFarren, Sixto Choque, and Teresa Gisbert state that the ''Diablada'' has roots to the Aymaran narrative of the ''Myth of the Supaya''.<ref name="McFarrenChoqueGisbert">{{cite book |author1={{aut|McFarren, Peter}} |author2={{aut|Choque, Sixto}} |author3={{aut|Gisbert, Teresa}} |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=McFarren |title=Máscaras de los Andes bolivianos |trans_title=Masks of the Bolivian Andes |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s3LOnU0zgugC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=24 October 2009 |year=2009 |origyear=1993 |publisher=Editorial Quipus |location=Indiana, United States |language=Spanish}}</ref>


{{cquote|...The Spanish banned these ceremonies in the seventeenth century, but they continued under the guise of Christian liturgy: the Andean gods were concealed behind Christian icons and the Andean divinities became the Saints. The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, celebrated on Candlemas (2 February). The traditional '''llama llama''' or '''diablada''' in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro....| 4 = Proclamation of "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" to the "Carnival of Oruro", UNESCO 2001}}
====Uru roots theory====
After the declaration of the ''Carnaval de Oruro'' as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 18 May 2001, the [[UNESCO]] delegated their ex-ambassador in Bolivia, Ivés de la Goublaye de Menorval, the task to be the moderator of the project and handed a form to the Bolivian authorities to be filled in coordination with historians and folklorists, such as Ramiro Condarco Morales, Mario Montaño Aragón, Fernando Cajías, Alberto Guerra Gutiérrez, Javier Romero, Elías Delgado, Carlos Condarco Santillán, Marcelo Lara, Zenobio Calizaya, Zulma Yugar, Walter Zambrana and Ascanio Nava.


Chilean and Peruvian organizations suggest that since the dance has roots in Andean civilizations that existed before the formation of the current national borders, it should belong equally to the three nations.<ref name="WLSspat">{{cite news|author=Moffett, Matt|author2=Kozak, Robert|date=21 August 2009|title=In This Spat Between Bolivia and Peru, The Details Are in the Devils|page=A1|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125081309502848049|author-link2=Robert Kozak|access-date=4 October 2009}}</ref> Some Chilean historians concede that the Diablada originated in Bolivia and was adopted for Chile's [[Fiesta de La Tirana]] in 1952, though it is also influenced by a similar 16th Century Chilean tradition called ''Diablos sueltos''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Memoria Chilena diabladas|url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-92445.html|language=es}}</ref>
The document elaborated by this group is based in the theory that the modern ''Diablada'' has roots in the ancient rituals performed 2000 years ago by the [[Uros|Uru civilization]]. The study makes reference to a deity named [[Tiw]] who was the protector of the Urus in mines, lakes and rivers and, in the case of Oruro (or ''Uru-uru''), the owner of caves and rocky shelters. The Urus worship this deity with the ''dance of the devils'' being the ''Tiw'' himself the main character, later this name was hispanicized as ''Tío'' ({{lang-en|uncle}}), and as product of the [[syncretism]], the ''Tiw'' represented the figure of the [[devil]] regretting and becoming devotee of the [[Virgin of Socavón]].<ref>[[#refUNESCOform|A.C.F,O. 2001]], p.3.</ref>


Some Peruvian historians also concede that the dance originated in Bolivia but was influenced by earlier traditions practiced across the Altiplano region, including some specific to Peru.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/avalenciach/docs/avach_articulo_candelaria_unesco|title=Candelaria una propuesta frente a una gran responsabilidad|author=Américo Valencia Chacon|date=3 September 2015 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=La diablada como danza|url=https://es.scribd.com/document/474704564/LA-DIABLADA-COMO-DANZA|author=Luis Valverde Caldas|language=es}}</ref> The Peruvian version, ''Diablada puneña'', originated in the late 1500s among the [[Lupaca|Lupaka]] people in the [[Puno Province|Puno]] region, who in turn were influenced by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]]; with that dance merging with the Bolivian version in the early 1900s.<ref name="CuentasOrmacheaPP35-36">[[Diablada#refCuentasOrmachea1986|Cuentas Ormachea 1986]], pp. 35–36, 45.</ref><ref name="Manzana">{{cite interview |last=Morales Serruto |first=José |title=La diablada, manzana de la discordia en el altiplano <nowiki>[The ''Diablada'', the bone of contention in the Altiplano]</nowiki> |url=http://www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/nota.php?txtEdi_id=18&txtSecci_id=72&txtSecci_parent=&txtNota_id=106612 |language=es |publisher=[[Correo (Puno)|Correo]] |location=Puno, Peru |date=3 August 2009 |access-date=27 September 2009 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Scholars who defend the Diablada's origins in Peru cite [[Aymara people|Aymara]]n traditions surrounding the deity [[Anchanchu]] that had been documented by 16th Century historian [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]].<ref name="RubioZapata" /><ref name="McFarrenChoqueGisbert">{{cite book |author1=McFarren, Peter |author2=Choque, Sixto |author3=Gisbert, Teresa |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=McFarren |title=Máscaras de los Andes bolivianos |trans-title=Masks of the Bolivian Andes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3LOnU0zgugC |access-date=24 October 2009 |year=2009 |orig-date=1993 |publisher=Editorial Quipus |location=Indiana, United States |language=es}}</ref> There is also a version of the Diablada in Ecuador called the ''Diablada pillareña''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diariolosandes.com.ec/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10219 |title=Municipio realiza actualización del avalúo para el bienio 2016-2017 |access-date=2010-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170023/http://www.diariolosandes.com.ec/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10219 |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
During the times of the [[Tahuantinsuyu]], the four administrative entities known as ''[[suyu]]s'' had their own representative dances during the [[Ito festival]], a festivity once celebrated throughout the entire empire but, according to the historian José Mansilla Vázquez, who based on manuscripts of [[Fray Martín de Murúa]], says that these festivities were outlawed during the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]] with the exception of [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]] which, for being considered an important miner city in the 16th century, counted with some privileges and the Spanish authorities looked to the other way allowing this festivity persist in this city, adapting itself later into the Spanish traditions between the ''[[Carnestolendas]]'' and the ''[[Corpus Christi]]'' becoming into the Carnaval of Oruro over the centuries.<ref name="UNESCOformPP10-17">[[#refUNESCOform|A.C.F,O. 2001]], pp.10-17.</ref>

[[File:Oruro-mapa de la mitologia Uru.svg|thumb|left|alt=AMap of the sacred placed for the Urus.|Map of the sacred places in the city of [[Oruro, Bolivia]] showing the location of the [[ant]]s, [[lizard]]s, [[toad]]s and [[snake]]s, animals considered sacred in the [[Uru mythology]].]]
The ancient authors, Fray Martín de Murúa and [[Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala]] make reference in their works to the different dances of the area, including the dance of the ''[[Llama llama]]'', name given by the [[Aymara people|Aymara]]s to refer to the [[Uros|Urus]] dressed as dancing demons, as it was recorded by [[Ludovico Bertonio]]. This dance was performed during the Ito festivities by the representatives of the region known as [[Urucolla]], a sub-region of the south-eastern ''suyu'' of [[Collasuyu]] located in the lake system of the [[Department of Oruro]] between the basins of the lakes [[Poopó Lake|Poopó]] and [[Coipasa lake|Coipasa]], where the Uru civilization had the city of Oruro as their main social centre, becoming together with [[Nazca]] and [[Wari ruins|Wari]] one of the most ancient cities in the [[Andes|Andean world]].<ref name="UNESCOformPP10-17" /><ref>[[#refGuamanPoma1615|Guaman Poma de Ayala 1615]], p.235.</ref>

The supporters of this theory consider that the [[Uru mythology]] is reflected in the symbolism of the ''Diablada''. The legend behind the importance of the city of Oruro as an ancient sacred place for the Urus tells the story of the [[chthonic]] deity [[Wari (Uru god)|Wari]], which in the [[Uru language]] means ''soul'' ({{lang-ure|hahuari}}). He, after hearing that the Urus were worshiping [[Pacha Kamaq|Pachacamaj]], represented by [[Inti]], unleashed his revenge by sending plagues of [[ant]]s, [[lizard]]s, [[toad]]s and [[snake]]s, animals considered sacred in the Uru mythology. But they were protected by the [[Ñusta]] who adopted the figure of a [[condor]], defeating the creatures petrifying them and becoming sacred hills in the four cardinal points of the city of Oruro; these animals are also often represented in the traditional masks of the ''Diablada''.<ref name="MineTiw">{{cite web |url=http://www.islabahia.com/arenaycal/2009/156_enero/javier_claure_156.asp |title=El Tío de la mina |author={{aut|Claure Covarrubias,Javier}} |date=January 2009 |publisher=Arena y Cal, revista literaria y cultural divulgativa |location=Stockholm, Sweden |language=Spanish |trans_title=The Uncle of the mine |accessdate=13 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="UruMyth">{{cite web |url=http://www.micarnaval.net/mitologia.htm |title=Mitología andina de los urus |author={{aut|Ríos, Edwin}} |year=2009 |publisher=[http://www.micarnaval.net MiCarnaval.net] |location=Oruro, Bolivia |language=Spanish |trans_title=Andean mythology of the Urus |accessdate=13 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="DiabladaOrigOruro">{{cite web |url=http://www.micarnaval.net/origen_diablada.htm |title=La Diablada originada en Oruro - Bolivia |author={{aut|Ríos, Edwin}} |year=2009 |publisher=[http://www.micarnaval.net MiCarnaval.net] |location=Oruro, Bolivia |language=Spanish |trans_title=The ''Diablada'' originated in Oruro - Bolivia |accessdate=13 January 2010}}</ref>


===Spanish influence===
===Spanish influence===
[[File:Diablada autentica oruro.jpg|thumb|"Struggle of the Diablada" as performed during the [[Carnival of Oruro]].]]
One of the most referenced studies about the ''Diablada'' is the 1961 book of [[Julia Elena Fortún]], ''La danza de los diablos'' (The dance of the devils), in which the theory of a relationship between this dance and a [[Catalonia]]n dance named ''[[Ball de diables]]'', was suggested; more specifically with the elements used in the localities of [[Penedès]] and [[Tarragona]].<ref name="FortunP23">[[#refFortun1961|Fortún 1961]], p. 23.</ref><ref name="RiusIMercade">[[#refRiusIMercade|Rius I Mercade 2005]]</ref> Julia Elena Fortún, unlike other historians in the Peruvian side, disagrees with the idea of considering the ''Diablada'' as a product of the introduction of the [[autos sacramentales]] in the Andes, because among the ones studied by her, the thematic of the devil and his temptations was not contemplated.<ref>[[#refFortun1961|Fortún 1961]], p. 24.</ref>
Some historians have theorized that the modern Diablada exhibits influences from Spanish dance traditions. In her book ''La danza de los diablos'', [[Julia Elena Fortún]] proposed a connection with the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] [[entremés]] called ''[[Ball de diables]]'' as performed in the Catalonian communities of [[Penedès]] and [[Tarragona]]. That dance depicts a struggle between [[Lucifer]] and the [[Michael (archangel)|archangel Saint Michael]] and is first known to have been performed in 1150.<ref name="RiusIMercade">[[Diablada#refRiusIMercade|Rius I Mercade 2005]]</ref><ref name="FortunP23">[[Diablada#refFortun1961|Fortún 1961]], p. 23.</ref> Catalan scholar Jordi Rius i Mercade has also found similarities between the ''Ball de diables'' and several Andean dances including the similarly-themed ''Baile de Diablos de Cobán'' in Guatemala and ''Danza de los diablicos de Túcume'' in Peru.<ref name="RiusIMercade" />


Those theories contradict the more common theory that the modern Diablada is most influenced by the Spanish practice of [[autos sacramentales]] during which the colonizers introduced Christianity to the natives of the Andes, due to differing conceptions of the devil and his temptations.<ref>[[#refFortun1961|Fortún 1961]], p. 24.</ref> The [[autos sacramentales]] process has been cited as an influence on the emergence of the ''Diablada puneña'' in Peru, shortly after the [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]], as believed by Garcilaso de la Vega.<ref name="Garcilaso">{{cite book|author=De la Vega, Garcilaso|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hro5nwgWxvoC&q=suli|title=Comentarios Reales|author2=Serna, Mercedes|publisher=Editorial Castalia|year=2000|isbn=84-7039-855-5|edition=2000|series=Clásicos Castalia|volume=252|location=Madrid, Spain|pages=226–227|language=es|trans-title=Royal Commentaries|chapter=XXVIII|oclc=46420337|author-link=Inca Garcilaso de la Vega|orig-date=1617|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hro5nwgWxvoC&pg=PA224}}</ref> Peruvian scholar [[Nicomedes Santa Cruz]] and Bolivian anthropologist Freddy Arancibia Andrade have suggested a similar process, with the dance originating among miners who rebelled against the Spanish at Potosi in 1538 while combining the ancient ritual of [[Tinku]] with Christian references.<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade">{{cite interview |last=Arancibia Andrade |first=Freddy |title=Investigador afirma que la diablada surgió en Potosí <nowiki>[Investigator affirms that the ''Diablada'' emerged in Potosí]</nowiki> |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |language=es |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904134937/http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |archive-date=4 September 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Nicomedes">[[#refSantaCruz2004|Santa Cruz, 2004]], p. 285.</ref> Andrade has also proposed a similar process among striking miners in 1904 as the origin of the modern version of the Diablada.<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade" />
====''Autos sacramentales'' Theory====
[[File:Danzan san miguel 7 diablos.jpg|thumb|right|alt=An ancient painting of seven demons dancing.|18th century painting of the [[Danza de los diablicos de Túcume]], region of [[Túcume]], [[Peru]].<ref name="Tucume">{{cite web |url=http://www.balldediables.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=31 |title=El culto subversivo en "Los Diablicos de Túcume", danza dramática peruana |author={{aut|Feliciano, Wilma}} |date=22 September 2004 |publisher=Junta del Ball de Diables www.balldediables.org |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Spanish |trans_title=The subversive cult "The little devils of Túcume", dramatic Peruvian dance |accessdate=8 April 2010}}</ref> ]]
In 2003, the newspaper [[Correo (Puno)|Correo]] and José Morales Serruto, coordinator of cultural activities of the ''Asociación Nativa Puno'' (Native Association Puno), suggested that the dance of the ''Diablada'' was originated in the Peruvian city of [[Juli, Peru|Juli]] during a representation of the [[autos sacramentales]] in the year 1576 to the [[Aymara people|Aymara]]n kingdom of the [[Lupaca]]s.<ref name="Manzana" />


=== Post-independence period ===
Historian [[Mercedes Serna]] observes that as soon as the [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]] was achieved, there was a sudden increase in the amount of [[Autos Sacramentales]] presented in the Spanish colonies. [[Jose Miguel Oviedo]] records that by the year 1560 contests were held for religious theatrical presentations.<ref name="Garcilaso">{{cite book |author={{aut|De la Vega, Garcilaso}} |authorlink=Inca Garcilaso de la Vega |coauthor={{aut|Serna, Mercedes}} |title=Comentarios Reales |trans_title=Royal Commentaries |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=hro5nwgWxvoC&vq=suli&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s |edition=2000 |series=Clásicos Castalia |volume=252 |year=2000 |origyear=1617 |publisher=Editorial Castalia |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |isbn= 8470398555 |oclc= 46420337 |pages=226–227 |trans_chapter= |chapter=XXVIII |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=hro5nwgWxvoC&lpg=PA227&vq=Sulli&dq=isbn%3A8470398555&hl=es&pg=PA224#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> This representation was documented in the 17th century book ''Comentarios Reales'' of [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]] where it reads:<ref name="Garcilaso"/>
Though the traditions of the Diablada were merged with Christianity during the colonial period, the meanings of the original traditions were revived and reassessed during the [[Latin American wars of independence]]. The Altiplano region, particularly around [[Lake Titicaca]], became a center of appreciation for pre-Columbian dance and music.<ref name="Salles-ReesePP166-167">[[Diablada#refSalles-Reese|Salles-Reese 1997]], pp. 166-167.</ref> During the [[Bolivian War of Independence]], the main religious festival honoring the [[Virgin of Candelaria|Virgin of the Candlemas]] was replaced by [[Carnival]], which allowed for greater acknowledgement of pre-Christian traditions including the Diablada. The present annual Diablada festival was established in Oruro by 1891.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211">[[#refHarris2003|Harris 2003]], pp. 205-211.</ref>


The first institutionalized Diablada dance squad was the Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro, founded in Bolivia in 1904 by Pedro Pablo Corrales.<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus3">{{cite news|date=9 August 2009|title=La diablada orureña se remonta a la época de los Urus precoloniales|language=es|trans-title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro goes back to the times of the Pre-Columbian Urus|newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]]|location=La Paz, Bolivia|url=http://co.wradiofm.com/nota.aspx?id=858474|access-date=9 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813192031/http://co.wradiofm.com/nota.aspx?id=858474|archive-date=13 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> That squad established a counterpart called the Los Vaporinos in Peru in 1918.<ref name="CuentasOrmacheaPP35-362">[[Diablada#refCuentasOrmachea1986|Cuentas Ormachea 1986]], pp. 35–36, 45.</ref> A squad from Bolivia was invited to travel to the [[Fiesta de La Tirana|Fiesta de la Tirana]] in Chile in 1956, and that country's first established squad was called Primera Diablada Servidores Virgen del Carmen, centered in [[Iquique]].<ref name="MemoriaChilena2">{{cite web|year=2004|title=El folclor de Chile y sus tres grandes raíces|trans-title=The Chile's folklore and its three great roots|url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=folclor3diablada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911231311/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=folclor3diablada|archive-date=11 September 2008|access-date=9 December 2009|publisher=Memorias Chilenas|language=es|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2001, the [[Carnaval de Oruro]] was declared one of the [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]], along with the Diablada and 19 other dances performed at the festival.<ref name="UNESCO3">{{cite web|year=2001|title=Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&cp=BO|access-date=3 October 2009|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|quote=The town of Oruro, situated at an altitude of 3,700 metres in the mountains of western Bolivia and once a pre-Columbian ceremonial site, was an important mining area in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Resettled by the Spanish in 1606, it continued to be a sacred site for the Uru people, who would often travel long distances to perform their rituals, especially for the principal Ito festival. The Spanish banned these ceremonies in the seventeenth century, but they continued under the guise of Christian liturgy: the Andean gods were concealed behind Christian icons and the Andean divinities became the Saints. The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, celebrated on Candlemas (2 February). The traditional llama llama or diablada in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro.}}</ref> In 2004, the Bolivian government awarded high national honors to the Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro for its 100th anniversary.<ref name="CondorDeLosAndes2">{{cite web|year=2009|title=La Diablada De Oruro, máscara danza pagana|trans-title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro, mask pagan dance|url=http://ecuador.macroclasificado.com/clasificado/698500.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714013140/http://ecuador.macroclasificado.com/clasificado/698500.html|archive-date=14 July 2011|access-date=9 December 2009|language=es|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{{cquote|The argument about those words of the book of Genesis: "I shall put enmities between you and the woman, etc... and she will break your head herself". Being represented by young Indians and boys in a town named Sulli. And in Potosí a dialog of faith was recited, for which more than twelve thousand Indians were present. In the Cuzco another dialog was represented about the Child Jesus, where all the greatness of that city was felt. Other was represented in the city of Kings, in front of the chancellorship and all the nobility of the city and innumerable Indians...|4=Inca Garcilaso de la Vega|5=''Comentarios Reales''}}

Garcilaso de la Vega further mentions that the Jesuit priests taught the ''Auto Sacramental'' comedy by writing it in Aymara, and the natives of Juli later presented their version of the religious dance to the priests and, later, presented a dialogue to the rest of the Spanish population in such a way that it “changed the opinion that up to that point had regarded the natives as being dumb, rude, or incapable.”<ref name="Garcilaso"/>

This same information is used by other authors, such as the Peruvian scholar [[Nicomedes Santa Cruz]] and the Bolivian anthropologist Freddy Arancibia Andrade, to suggest that the Spanish influence was spread to Oruro from the southern Bolivian region of [[Potosí Department|Potosí]]. Andrade considers that the ''Diablada'' recovers the steps of rebellion and combat of the ritual of [[Tinku]] mixed with the biblic vision introduced by the Spanish conquerors in the miner region of [[Aullagas]] starting in the year 1538.<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade">{{cite interview |last=Arancibia Andrade |first=Freddy |title=Investigador afirma que la diablada surgió en Potosí <nowiki>[Investigator affirms that the ''Diablada'' emerged in Potosí]</nowiki> |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090820_006825/nota_253_864270.htm |callsign=(in Spanish). |city=La Paz, Bolivia |date=20 August 2009 |accessdate=2 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="Nicomedes">[[#refSantaCruz2004|Santa Cruz, 2004]], p. 285.</ref>

Another piece of information collected by Andrade is that in 1780 the army of [[Tomás Katari]] wore demon suits to attack the towns of Macha, Pocoata, Colquechaca, Aullagas and San Pedro de Buena Vista, giving more strength to the syncretism and represents the appearance of the tinku-devil. After the silver era in Bolivia, the miners went to [[Uncía, Bolivia|Uncía]] to work for the tin company of [[Simón Iturri Patiño]] and during the [[Federal war (Bolivia)|Bolivian federal war]], the miners migrated to Oruro where in 1904 they were allowed to dance for the [[Virgin of Socavón]].<ref name="ArancibiaAndrade" />

====''Ball de diables'' theory====
[[File:Correfoc13.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Two dancers of Ball de diables carrying fireworks.|''[[Ball de diables]]'' during a [[Correfoc]] in [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]].]]
The ''Ball de diables'' has origins in a 12th century [[entremés]] representing the struggle between the good and the evil where the figure of the [[Michael (archangel)|archangel Saint Michael]] and his angels battled the forces of evil represented by [[Lucifer]] and his demons. This act was performed in the wedding banquet of the [[Barcelona county|Barcelona count]], [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramón Berenguer IV]] with the [[Petronila of Aragón|princess Petronila]], daughter of the king of [[Aragón]] and [[Catalonia]] in the year 1150.<ref name="RiusIMercade" />

In a study presented in 2005 by the Catalonian scholar Jordi Rius i Mercade, member of the ''Ball de Sant Miquel i Diables de la Riera'' (board of the ''Ball de diables'' in Spain) and editor in chief of the specialized magazine ''El Dragabales'' during the Symposium of the Catalonian Discovery of America, states that the traditional dances and short plays performed during the celebration of [[Corpus Christi]] in [[Spain]] were adopted by the [[Christian church]] to teach their doctrines to the native Americans; their festivities were readapted to the new calendar and their deities were redefined acquiring demoniac forms representing the evil fighting against the divine power. According to Rius i Mercade, the ''Ball de diables'' was the most suitable for this purpose. In this study, he identifies three Latin American dances that contain similar elements to the Catalonian ''Ball de diables''; the ''Diablada'' of [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]], ''[[Baile de Diablos de Cobán]]'' in [[Guatemala]] and ''[[Danza de los diablicos de Túcume]]'' in [[Peru]].<ref name="RiusIMercade" />

The ''Diablada'' of Oruro represents the tale of the struggle between the archangel Saint Michael and Lucifer, the she-devil [[China Supay]] and devils accompanying them. Ruis i Mercade suggests that this was a tale presented by the parish priest Ladislao Montealegre of the city of Oruro in 1818 inspired in the Catalonian ''Ball de diables''.<ref name="RiusIMercade" />

===Colonial history===
During the [[Spanish empire|colonial times]] in the region, from the 15th century till the first half of the 19th century, the ancient Andean beliefs were blended with the new Christian traditions. The traditions adopted new iconography and the celebrations adopted a new meaning during the [[Latin American wars of independence]].

====From the worship of the Sun to the Virgin of Candlemas====
[[File:Church of copacabana.jpg|thumb|alt=A photo of the church of Copacabana, Bolivia.|The church of [[Copacabana, Bolivia]] where the [[Virgin of Candelaria|Virgin of the Candlemas]] was selected as patroness of the city and her cult spread across the region.]]
With the advent of the [[Religion in the Inca Empire|Inca state religion]] the inhabitants of the [[Isla del Sol|Island of the Sun]] ({{lang-es|Isla del Sol}}) were replaced by ministers in worship of the sun ([[Inti]]) and the city of [[Copacabana, Bolivia|Copacabana]] located in the Bolivian side of the [[Lake Titicaca]] had been repopulated by forty-two different nations of [[mitimae]]s and became one of the most important landmarks for the constant pilgrimage to the sanctuary; with the migration, two social classes were created in this area, the newcomers became ''[[Anansaya]]'' (upper) and the indigenous people ''[[Urinsaya]]'' (lower).<ref name="Salles-ReesePP166-167">[[#refSalles-Reese1997|Salles-Reese 1997]], pp. 166-167.</ref>

The selection of the [[Virgin of Candelaria|Virgin of the Candlemas]] as the patroness of Copacabana was a sign of the power structures established by the Incas in the area. In the year 1582 a frost threatened to destroy the crops, and the inhabitants decided to built an altar to a Christian figure, but there was a dispute because the ''Anansayas'' insisted to use the Virgin of the Candlemas since [[Francisco Tito Yupanqui]] had already sculpted her image while the ''Urinsayas'' wanted it use the image of [[Saint Bartholomew]] instead. But the ''Anansayas''' wishes were imposed in the enthronement of the [[Virgin of Copacabana]] and the foundation of a brotherhood.<ref name="Salles-ReesePP166-167" />

====Independence and the transition to the Carnival====
[[File:Oruro carnival artifacts.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Three Diablada masks.|Different models of ''Diablada'' masks in an exhibition in the [[British Museum]].]]
The cult of the Virgin of the Candlemas, was then spread throughout the Andes reaching, [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]] and to the west to [[Puno]]. In Oruro there is a Sanctuary in honour of the [[Virgin of Socavón]] (or Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Mineshaft) who was originally the Virgin of Candlemas traditionally honoured on 2 February, like in Puno, but later the date was moved to [[Carnival]]; this transition is product of the [[Bolivian War of Independence]].
<ref name="HarrisPP205-211">[[#refHarris2003|Harris 2003]], pp. 205-211.</ref>

There is a legend that says that on the Saturday of Carnival in 1789 a bandit known as ''Nina-Nina'' or ''Chiru-Chiru'' was mortally wounded in a street fight and before dying he was confronted by the Virgin of the Candlemas. Some versions state that he used to worship a life-size image of the Virgin painted in a wall of a deserted house, some say that the painting miraculously appeared on the wall of the bandit's own house after his death. And the legend is concluded with the tale of the troupe of devils dancing in honour of the Virgin in the next year's Carnival. The present sanctuary in Oruro was completed in 1891.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

However according to the Ph D in religious studies and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Max Harris, this legend is related to a historical reality. During the [[Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II]], which started in [[Cusco]] and spread along the Andean highlands, Oruro experienced a brief but bloody revolution as well. Pushed by the fear of being target of the indigenous revolution, the majority [[Creole people|Creole]] on the night of Saturday, 10 February 1781, attacked the minority ruling class of the peninsular-born Spaniards ({{lang-es|chapetones}}) . With the arrival of the Indigenous army the Creoles made an alliance.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

On 15 February, a messenger arrived in Oruro with orders from [[Túpac Amaru II]]. He instructed his army to respect churches and clergy, to do no harm to Creoles, and to prosecute none but ''chapetones''. And assured the victory by entering in [[La Paz]] "by Carnival (''por Carnestolendas'')", the Indigenous occupation of Oruro started to retreat leaving several thousands of deaths. But during March and April they launched more attacks to the city this time against the Creoles and the remaining Spaniards who unified forces to repel them.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

Harris observes that the Carnival of the year of 1781, fell on 24 February, placing Oruro's occupation exactly halfway between ''Candlemas'' and Carnival, making the situation in Oruro in Harris' words, "carnivalesque". Religious processions duelled with secular parades. Europeans and Creoles disguised as Indigenous, cases like a Spaniard resorting to cross-dressing tin a vain attempt to save his life and thousands of armed men in the streets of the colonial city. By 19 February people in the city regardless of the conflict continued celebrating and, throughout Carnival, the city markets were full of robbers selling the looted gold and silver back to its owners or to ''cholos'' and mestizos. By 1784 it was customary to rejoice, dance, play, and form ''comparsas'' (companies of masqueraders) for the Carnival in Oruro.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

Harris considers that with this background is that the legend of the Virgin of the Mineshaft in 1789 appeared favouring the rebellion as they worshiped the Virgin of Candlemas while the ''chapetones'' used to worship the [[Our Lady of the Rosary|Virgin of the Rosary]]. Under the beliefs of the revolutionaries, the Virgin of the Socavón tolerated the indigenous deities or ''devils'' and, according to Harris, if the legend is correct, by 1790, Oruro's miners had moved Candlemas to Carnival and added indigenous gods, masked as Christian devils, to the festivities.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

In 1818, Oruro's parish priest, Ladislao Montealegre, wrote the play ''Narrative of the seven deadly sins'', where according to Harris and Fortún, borrowed elements of the Catalonian ''[[Ball de diables]]'' like the female devil, ''Diablesa'' in the Catalonian dance and ''China supay'' in the Diablada and where the Devil leads the Seven Deadly Sins into battle against the opposing Virtues and an angel. Harris suggests that Montealegre may have wanted to represent the threat of rebellion and the historical context with this play.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />

A generation later, in 1825 after Bolivia achieved its independence, the ''Diablada'' and the Carnival adopted a new meaning for Oruro's residents. Two of the ''Diablada'' dance squads and the street from where the parade starts are named after [[Sebastian Pagador]], one of the Creole heroes of the uprising. And the main square which is in the route of the Carnival to the Virgin of the Mineshaft temple is named ''Plaza 10 de febrero'' (10 February square) remembering the date of the uprising.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211" />


==Choreography==
==Choreography==
In its original form, the dance was performed to accompany a band of ''[[Sikuri]]s'', which were a group of musicians playing the ''[[Siku (panpipe)|Siku]]''. Nowadays, the ''Diablada'' in the Altiplano is accompanied by band and orchestra. The uniformity of the suits brought choreographic innovation, with the layout of steps, movements, and figure designs that are not only ready to be staged in open areas such as roads, streets, and public squares; but also in places such as theaters and [[arena]]s. At the start of the [[krewe]] are Lucifer and Satan with several ''China Supay'', or devil women. They are followed by the personified [[seven deadly sins]] of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Afterwards, a troop of devils come out. They are all led by [[Saint Michael]], with a blouse, short skirt, sword, and shield.

During the dance, [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s are constantly moving around while forming somewhat complex figures such as crosses and circles. This confrontation between the two sides is eclipsed when [[Saint Michael]] appears, battles, and defeats [[the Devil]]. Both characters are dressed in heavy costumes that are highly ornate and finely wrought. The weight of the costume is more of a challenge than an obstacle for the different dance groups. The dancers often attempt to make unique and complex choreographies. The result is a colourful dance, creating a show very much appreciated by the public.

The choreography have three versions, each conformed by seven moves.<ref name="FortunChoreograph">{{cite book |author={{aut|Fortún, Julia Elena}} |authorlink=Julia Elena Fortún |title=La danza de los diablos |trans_title=The dance of the devils |url=http://books.google.com.bo/books?ei=dkyfSs-GMYn4zAT01vDcBg&id=lcVYAAAAMAAJ&dq=La+danza+de+los+diablos+%3A+danzas+populares+bolivianas |trans_chapter=Current choreography of the devils dance |chapter=Actual coreografía del baile de los diablos |chapterurl=http://ww2.atlasdeladiversidad.net/docs/escuelas/escuela322/gruposclase/grupoclase830/retratos/retrato13056/actual_coreografia_de_la_diablada.doc |format=DOC |series=Autores bolivianos contemporáneos |volume=5 |year=1961 |publisher=Ministerio de Educación y Bellas Artes, Oficialía Mayor de Cultura Nacional |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=Spanish |oclc=3346627}}</ref>

===First version===
[[File:Trajesdeluces207.jpg|231px|thumb|right|Diablada dancers in Puno, Peru.]]
[[File:Trajesdeluces207.jpg|231px|thumb|right|Diablada dancers in Puno, Peru.]]
In its original form, the dance was performed with music by a band of Sikuris, who played the [[Siku (instrument)|siku]]. In modern times the dance is accompanied by an orchestra. Dancers often perform on streets and public squares, but the ritual can also be performed at indoor theaters and arenas. The ritual begins with a [[krewe]] featuring Lucifer and Satan with several ''China Supay'', or devil women. They are followed by the personified [[seven deadly sins]] of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Afterwards, a troop of devils come out. They are all led by [[Saint Michael]], with a blouse, short skirt, sword, and shield. During the dance, [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s move continuously. This confrontation between the two sides is eclipsed when [[Saint Michael]] appears and defeats the Devil. The choreography has three versions, each consisting of seven moves.<ref name="FortunChoreograph">{{cite book |author=Fortún, Julia Elena |author-link=Julia Elena Fortún |title=La danza de los diablos |trans-title=The dance of the devils |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lcVYAAAAMAAJ&q=La+danza+de+los+diablos+%3A+danzas+populares+bolivianas |trans-chapter=Current choreography of the devils dance |chapter=Actual coreografía del baile de los diablos |chapter-url=http://ww2.atlasdeladiversidad.net/docs/escuelas/escuela322/gruposclase/grupoclase830/retratos/retrato13056/actual_coreografia_de_la_diablada.doc |format=DOC |series=Autores bolivianos contemporáneos |volume=5 |year=1961 |publisher=Ministerio de Educación y Bellas Artes, Oficialía Mayor de Cultura Nacional |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=es |oclc=3346627}}</ref>
# '''Greetings:''' The dance starts with formations and greetings to the Virgin. The characters are displayed in two columns with the evil characters ([[Satan]], [[Lucifer]] and [[China Supay]]) to one side, the [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Saint Michael]] to the other and the [[Condor]] in the middle. In formation they greet the rest of the devils to both sides.
# '''Movings:''' The devils start their greetings in groups of four jumping bouncing on one or other foot.
# '''Crossings of devil's step:''' S-shape crossings in couples and individuals.
# '''Curl:''' One column starts a spiral advancing to the centre then the other. Satan and Lucifer stand in the shoulders of several devils to tell their tale.
# '''Star:''' Represents the rebellion of the rest of the devils against the angel. The figure represented is an inverted [[Pentagram]] as the [[Sigil of Baphomet]] or the ''Signature of the Devil''. Once the devils are knelled the angel enters marching.
# '''Star banish:''' Once the angel says "Oh evil spirits, get out of these places" the star is dissolved, the angel pronounces a speech and the devils representing the [[seven deadly sins]] [[Confession|confess]] towards the angel whoo says "Against arrogance" and the devil yells "Humility!" and regretful and with the head low retires to his row, once the sins are defeated the devils are under the command of the angel and the triumph or joy dance is interpreted.
# '''Squads:''' Formations with jump-step in rows of four, three, two, and one in front of the angel.

===Second version===
[[File:Diablada - Carnaval 2009 at Oruro.jpg|thumb|right|A Diablada dancer wearing a devil mask|210px]]
# '''Movings:''' In each column there are two leaders named guides or back-guides. The Archangel Saint Michael directs the moves with a whistle, to its signal the devils come from outside to the place of the angel while the ''China Supay'', Satan and Lucifer switch places with him. To the second signal the devils do the same move but jumping. In the centre there is a complementary character such as the bear or condor.
# '''Curl:''' The spiral is formed and the guides or back-guides hold Satan in their shoulders who pronounces his speech. Then the band plays a slow march and the angel enters with martial step and with a cross and a mirror dazzles the devils and they return to their original places.
# '''Street:''' There is a representation of the struggle between Lucifer and the angel who wins, then Satan comes to defend his friend and is defeated too. Finally the she-devil ''China Spuay'' representing sin and flesh comes and is defeated as well. Then the angel returns to his original position.
# '''Squads:''' The ''China Supay'' and the angel on one side and Lucifer and Satan to the other dancing make switches and the devils greet them in groups of four and two.
# '''Star:''' The shape is formed and with the signal of the whistle the devils kneel, the band plays a slow march and the angel enters to the centre and the star is dissolved calling to the seven deadly sins who defeated go back to their places. Then the guides switch places.
# '''Chain:''' The dancers do a double chain and dancing holding by their arms first with the right arm then with the left one and going back to their places.
# '''End:''' The devils go to the centre in groups of four, three two and one finishing the show.

===Third version===
[[File:Diablada A.jpg|thumb|right|Diablada choreography in the ''[[Carnaval de Oruro]]'' in Oruro, [[Bolivia]].]]
The third version is the one performed by the squad [[Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro]].<ref name="FortunChoreograph" />

'''Introduction Devil's walk:''' The devils in the left column start the movement while the ones in the right one follow them. Lucifer and Satan are named the "Kings", they are placed behind followed by the Angel and the China Supay and the band to the right side behind the second column of devils. The Kings break the formation followed by the devils, and the Condor and Bear who stay in the middle. Then the Angel and the China Supay go forward passing the middle ones by the side.

# '''The greet:''' The Kings in the front corners, the Angel and the China Supay in the back corners, and the Bear in the middle. Each perform a greeting movement.
# '''Curl:''' The devils go to the back then the left column go forward and Lucifer who is in the front meets them in the middle while the circle closes around him, he is picked up for his dialogue with Satan or to be cheered.
# '''Star:''' The devils form the star then kneel and stand up again.
# '''By four:''' The squad advances in groups of four, then breaking the formation retiring themselves to each column.
# '''By three:''' The same movement but this time in groups of three.
# '''By two:''' Same movement as the two previous ones in couples.
# '''By one:''' The devils go to the back by the side followed by the Kings, the angel and the China Supay then advance in zig zag drawing a snake, then leaving the scenario led by the Kings.


===Music===
==Music==
[[File:Musica diablada 1862 oruro.svg|thumb|center|alt=A partiture of a Diablada tune.|1862 partiture of a ''Diablada'' tune named ''Déjame'' by the composer Froilán Zevillano of the [[Poopó Province]] in [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]], [[Bolivia]].|upright=2.0]]
[[File:Musica diablada 1862 oruro.svg|thumb|center|alt=A partiture of a Diablada tune.|1862 partiture of a ''Diablada'' tune named ''Déjame'' by the composer Froilán Zevillano of the [[Poopó Province]] in [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]], [[Bolivia]].|upright=2.0]]
The music associated with the dance has two parts: the first which is known as ''the March'' and the second one named ''the Devil's Mecapaqueña'', some squads play only one melody or start the ''Mecapaqueña'' in the fourth movement "by four".<ref name="FortunChoreograph" /> Since the second half of the 20th century "the dialogue" is omitted focusing only in the dance.<ref>[[#refGisbert|Gisbert 2002]], p. 9.</ref>
The music associated with the dance has two parts: the first is known as ''the March'' and the second one is known as ''the Devil's Mecapaqueña''. Some squads play only one melody or start the ''Mecapaqueña'' in the fourth movement "by four".<ref name="FortunChoreograph" /> Since the second half of the 20th century, dialogue is omitted so the focus is only on the dance.<ref>[[#refGisbert|Gisbert 2002]], p. 9.</ref>


==Regional variations==
==Regional variations==
===Oruro===
{{Main|Diablada of Oruro}}
[[File:Carnaval de Oruro dia I (60).JPG|thumb|alt=A Diablada dance squad passing through the streets of Oruro.|A Diablada dance squad passing through the streets during the [[Carnaval de Oruro|Oruro Carnival]] in [[Bolivia]].]]
[[File:Mascara 1880 paria oruro bolivia.jpg|thumb|right|1880 ''Diablada patronal'' squad mask, from Paria, Oruro]]


=== ''Diablada Puneña'' (Peru) ===
The ''Diablada'' of Oruro goes back to the [[pre-Columbian]] period of the [[Uros|Urus]] who used to practice this dance in honour of the god [[Wari (Uru god)|Wari]] (also known as ''Huaricato'' or ''Huari''). With the arrival of the [[Spanish conquest|Spanish conquerors]] and the [[evangelicalism]], this divinity gradually personified the devil. The iconography depicted in the current suits, such as the snake, frog and ants, respond to the [[Uru mythology]] with the belief that if ''Wari'' wouldn't protect them they'd be destroyed by those creatures. Wari after petrifying the creatures retired to the depths of the mountains.<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus">{{cite news |title=La diablada orureña se remonta a la época de los Urus precoloniales |url=http://co.wradiofm.com/nota.aspx?id=858474 |newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]] |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=9 August 2009 |accessdate=9 April 2010 |language=Spanish |trans_title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro goes back to the times of the Pre-Columbian Urus}}}</ref>
[[File:Diablos Caporales from Puno, Peru.png|thumb|''Diablos'' from Puno, Peru.|228x228px]]
The ''Diablada Puneña'' originated in modern Peru with the in the [[Lupaka]] people in 1576, when they combined tenets of Christianity from the ''autos sacramentales'' with ancient [[Aymara people|Aymara]] traditions.<ref name="RubioZapata" /><ref name="McFarrenChoqueGisbert" /> Some additional influences from the cult of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]] were added in the following century.<ref name="Manzana"/> The Peruvian version of the Diablada was quite different from the Ururo-based Bolivian version until the two merged at the [[Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)|Fiesta de la Candelaria]] in 1965. However, the Peruvian versions continue to feature homegrown figures like [[Superman]], [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indians]], [[Mexican people|ancient Mexicans]], and characters from popular films.<ref name="CuentasOrmachea2009">{{cite news |title=Diablada: coreografía, vestimenta y música|author=Cuentas Ormachea, Enrique |author-link= Enrique Cuentas Ormachea|url=http://www.losandes.com.pe/Cultural/20090823/26162.html|newspaper=[[Los Andes (Puno)|Los Andes]]|location=Puno, Peru|date=23 August 2009|access-date=24 October 2009 |language=es |trans-title=''Diablada'': choreography, clothing and music}}</ref>


The costumes used in the Peruvian Diablata also include influences from [[Tibet]] as well as elements from [[Pre-Columbian Peru|pre-Columbian Peruvian]] cultures such as [[Cerro Sechín|Sechin]], [[Chavín culture|Chavin]], [[Nazca]], and [[Moche (culture)|Mochica]].<ref name="RubioZapata" /> Homegrown masks were produced and sold in Peru starting in 1956.<ref name="JiménezBorja">{{cite book |author=Jiménez Borja, Arturo |editor=Fundación del Banco Continental para el Fomento de la Educación y la Cultura |title=Máscaras peruanas |trans-title=Peruvian masks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fG1uAAAAMAAJ |access-date=24 October 2009 |year=1996 |location=Lima, Peru |language=es}}</ref> Music for the dance was originally performed on the [[Siku (instrument)|siku]],<ref name="MUSEF">{{cite book |author=Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore (Bolivia) |editor=MUSEF |title=Serie anales de la reunión anual de etnología |trans-title=Records of the annual reunion of ethnology series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLsNAAAAYAAJ |access-date=24 October 2009 |volume=2 |year=2003 |publisher=MUSEF |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=es}}</ref> but that was later replaced by percussionists known as Sicu-Morenos.<ref name="CuentasOrmachea2009" />
The Bolivian anthropologist, Milton Eyzaguirre, based on a 16th century chronicle of [[Bartolomé de Álvarez]] commented that in the Andean region of [[Bolivia]], a cult in honour of the dead, named ''cupay'', was practised. Over the centuries the ''cupay'' derived in ''supay'', the figure of the devil in the modern ''Diablada''. In pre-Columbian times the dead season started in November with the crop season, the conquerors made efforts to coincide the Andean calendar with their festivities, such as the carnival.<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus"/>
The ''Diablada'' as is danced today in was originally the accompaniment of a theatrical play. In Bolivia there are two versions of this play preserved by [[Julia Elena Fortún]]. The oldest of these pieces belongs to the 16th century when in the parties of the city of [[Potosí]] in honour of the [[Virgin of Guadalupe]], this play tells the story of [[Lucifer]] who, riding a horse, delivers a letter to be read to the public telling that [[Proserpina]], the goddess of hell, was the most beautiful. A gentleman, representing the church, faces the demon defending [[Virgin Mary]] as the most beautiful. In the play after this dialogue a tournament started with fireworks and artillery shots followed by a squad of light cavalry of demons wearing black clothes and torches leading a chariot with snakes carrying ''Proserpina''.<ref>[[#refGisbert|Gisbert 2002]], p. 8.</ref>


=== ''Fiesta de La Tirana'' (Chile) ===
[[File:Carnavales Oruro dia II (68).JPG|thumb|left|alt=A crowd gathered in front of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Socavón.|Sanctuary of the [[Virgin of Socavón]] during the festivities for the [[Carnaval de Oruro|Oruro Carnival]] in [[Bolivia]].]]
In Chile, the Diablada is performed during the [[Fiesta de La Tirana]] in the northern region of that country. The festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually to the small village of [[La Tirana]].<ref name="NorthDancesCL">{{cite web|url=http://www.hamaycan.cl/danzasceremoniales.htm |title=Danzas ceremoniales del área cultural del Norte |publisher=Hamaycan |location=Chile |language=es |trans-title=Ceremonial dances of the northern cultural area |access-date=8 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609105439/http://www.hamaycan.cl/danzasceremoniales.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2009 }}</ref> The festival is descended from the celebrations for the [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel|Virgin of Carmen]] that began in 1540.<ref name="NorthDancesCL" />
This tradition continued in the city of Oruro over the centuries, in 1789 with the tale of the ''Chiru Chiru'' the festivity had another transformation with the introduction of the tale of the ''[[Seven deadly sins]]'' written by the parish priest Ladislao Montealegre,<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus"/> and with the [[Bolivian War of Independence]] the parade was moved to Carnival.<ref name="HarrisPP205-211"/> By the 19th century the tradition had profound roots with the mining and the devotion to the [[Virgin of Socavón]] and, as it was recorded in the newspapers of that time, the dancers made offerings to the feet of the Virgin after the parade. At the beginning it was considered a working class custom but by the ends of the 19th century and beginnings of the 20th century the tradition was popularized reaching all groups of the Oruro society.<ref name="Oruro19thCentury">[[#refOruro19thCentury|Cajías 2009]]</ref>


==See also==
The first institutionalized dance squad is the ''[[Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro]]'' founded in 25 November 1904 by Pedro Pablo Corrales, followed by a ''Tradicional Folklórica Diablada de Oruro'' (1943), ''Diablada Círculo de Artes y Letras'' (1943) and the ''Fraternidad Artística y Cultural ´La Diablada´'' (1944).<ref name="Pre-ColumbianUrus"/> The squad founded by Pedro Pablo Corrales travelled to Peru in 1918 teaching to the squad ''Los Vaporinos'' the dance.<ref name="CuentasOrmacheaPP35-36"/> In 1956 this dance entered [[Chile]] brought by the squad ''Diablada Ferroviaria'' of Oruro which was invited to participate in the [[Fiesta de La Tirana|Tirana festivities]] of that year. The Chilean citizen, Gregorio Ordenes, was inspired by this visit to form the first Chilean ''Diablada'' squad ''Primera Diablada Servidores Virgen del Carmen'' in [[Iquique]].<ref name="MemoriaChilena">{{cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=folclor3diablada |title=El folclor de Chile y sus tres grandes raíces |trans_title=The Chile’s folklore and its three great roots |publisher=Memorias Chilenas |year=2004 |language=Spanish |accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref>


In the year 2001, the [[Carnaval de Oruro|Carnival of Oruro]] was declared one of the [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]] where the ''Diablada'' along with 19 other dances were registered as part of the festivity.<ref name="UNESCO"/> And in the year 2004 the squad ''Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro'' in its 100th anniversary received the [[Cóndor de Los Andes (award)|''Cóndor de Los Andes'' award]], the highest distinction given by the Bolivian government.<ref name="CondorDeLosAndes">{{cite web |url=http://ecuador.macroclasificado.com/clasificado/698500.html |title=La Diablada De Oruro, máscara danza pagana |trans_title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro, mask pagan dance |year=2009 |language=Spanish |accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref>

===Puno===
{{Main|Diablada Puneña}}
[[File:Diablos Caporales from Puno, Peru.png|thumb|''Diablos'' from Puno.]]
The ''Diablada Puneña'' is inspired in the [[Lupaka]]s people when they presented their version of the ''Autos Sacramentales'' taught by the Spanish Jesuit priests in [[1576]] in the city of [[Juli]] in present-day [[Peru]].<ref name="Manzana"/> Nevertheless, the dance holds Native American roots from the cult of [[Anchanchu]], a pre-Hispanic [[Aymara people|Aymara]] deity,<ref name="RubioZapata" /> and the narrative of the ''Myth of the Supaya''.<ref name="McFarrenChoqueGisbert">{{cite book |author1={{aut|McFarren, Peter}} |author2={{aut|Choque, Sixto}} |author3={{aut|Gisbert, Teresa}} |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=McFarren |title=Máscaras de los Andes bolivianos |trans_title=Masks of the Bolivian Andes |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s3LOnU0zgugC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=24 October 2009 |year=2009 |origyear=1993 |publisher=Editorial Quipus |location=Indiana, United States |language=Spanish}}</ref> The dance's association with the cult of the Virgin of Candelaria stems from a popular legend that tells that in 1675, in the mine of Laikakota (located near Puno), a Spaniard by the name of José Salcedo changed his decision to destroy the miner's houses because he saw a fire coming out of the mine as a result of the [[Virgin Mary]] fighting the Devil inside the mine.

According to historian Enrique Cuentas Ormachea, until [[1965]] the ''Diablada Puneña'' was very different from the ''[[Diablada of Oruro]]'' when the group ''Los Vaporinos'' (formed by workers from the Peruvian Corp that worked in [[Lake Titicaca]]) began to dance in the [[Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)|Fiesta de la Candelaria]] with costumes and bands from Bolivia. Despite this, due to budget restrictions, the groups from Puno couldn't afford hiring Bolivian bands and started using their traditional groupings of ''Sicu-Morenos'', such as the orchestra ''Sikuris del Barrio Mañazo'' (whom integrated this dance in 1922). Nowadays, the dance still maintains its differences from the [[Diablada of Oruro]] and integrates new characters such as [[Superman]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Redskins]], the [[Mexican people|Mexican]], and others taken from films.<ref name="CuentasOrmachea2009" />

Since its beginnings, the performance had a variety of changes. Originally the masks were made from [[plaster]] and the hair from [[baize]] (a coarse woollen cloth). Overtime, the mask models were influenced by [[Tibet]]an masks as well as elements from Native American cultures such as [[Sechin]], [[Chavin]], [[Nazca]], and [[Mochica]].<ref name="RubioZapata"/> These masks were traditionally made by each dancer or bought from a Bolivian mask-maker named Antonio Vizacarra, but in 1956 the brothers Alberto and Ramón Velásquez established a workshop in Puno where masks were created and sold for the event.<ref name="JiménezBorja">{{cite book |author={{aut|Jiménez Borja, Arturo}} |editor=Fundación del Banco Continental para el Fomento de la Educación y la Cultura |title=Máscaras peruanas |trans_title=Peruvian masks |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fG1uAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=24 October 2009 |year=1996 |location=Lima, Peru |language=Spanish}}</ref> Also, the ''Diablada'' was at first small and reserved for important religious dates in the [[Catholic Church]]. As the dance further developed, the devil dancers began to accompany groups of ''[[Sikuri]]s'', which are an assemblage of musicians that play the ''[[Siku (panpipe)|Siku]]'' (the traditional Andean panpipe). Among the first ''Sikuris'' that surged at this point were those of the ''Barrio Mañazo'' (1892) and ''Juventud Obrera'' (1909).<ref name="MUSEF">{{cite book |author=Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore (Bolivia) |editor=MUSEF |title=Serie anales de la reunión anual de etnología |trans_title=Records of the annual reunion of ethnology series |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YLsNAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=24 October 2009 |volume=2 |year=2003 |publisher=MUSEF |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=Spanish}}</ref> Nevertheless, anthropologist [[José María Arguedas]] suggests that eventually the role of the ''Sikuris'' was minimized to the point that they began to accompany the devil dancers under the new name of ''Sicu-Morenos''. The ''Sicu-Morenos'' play with sicus, bombos, snare drums, cymbals, and triangles; and they dance [[Huayno]]s while accompanied by characters such as ''Caporales'', minor devils, ''Chinas Diablas'', the old man, the big-lipped negro, the Apache, the lion, the bat, the condor, the bear, the gorilla, and the giraffe (among others).<ref name="CuentasOrmachea2009" /> These characters, along with the central performance of the devil dancers and the archangel [[Saint Michael]], make the ''Diablada Puneña'' one of the dances in the Fiesta de la Candelaria.

===La Tirana===
{{Main|Diablada in Chile}}
[[File:Diablada de La Tirana.jpg|thumb|alt=A dancer in the Tirana festivity in Chile.|''Diablada'' during the [[Fiesta de la Tirana|Tirana festivity]] in [[Chile]].]]
The ''Diablada'' in Chile form part of the Tirana festivities, or ''[[Fiesta de La Tirana]]'', a festival of the northern region of that country. The town of [[La Tirana]] is located at 84 kilometres from the city of [[Iquique]] with a population of less than 400 inhabitants but during the week of the festivities, which are held in the week of 12 to 16 July, it receives nearly 120,000 visitors.<ref name="NorthDancesCL">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamaycan.cl/danzasceremoniales.htm |title=Danzas ceremoniales del área cultural del Norte |publisher=Hamaycan |location=Chile |language=Spanish |trans_title=Ceremonial dances of the northern cultural area |accessdate=8 April 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> A documentary broadcasted by ''Iquique TV'' (A Chilean television station) asserts that the dance has its roots in miners of [[Oruro]].<ref>[http://www.iquiquetv.cl/2.0/2010/07/13/iquique-tv-presento-documental-sobre-la-diablada-2 Audiovisual que recoge el origen de la Diablada, con sus raíces en los piques mineros bolivianos, en el marco de una nueva celebración de la Fiesta de La Tirana. El documental contó con el apoyo de la Minera Collahuasi y fue estrenado en la sala de artes de la compañía. Fecha: 13 de julio del 2010]</ref>

The sanctuary of the [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel|Virgin of Carmen]] was built in the region in the year 1540 and since then the festival is made in her honour in that locality with different dances.<ref name="NorthDancesCL"/>

There are two kinds of squad organization:

* '''Ancient type:''' with a structure not too differenced, traditional type authority, paternalistic, religiously guarantee, The power is in one person who is representative of a familiar clan.<ref name="NorthDancesCL"/>

* '''Modern type:''' has a differenced internal structure, with defined statutes and rules. Tend to be named dance society. There are managers and a director, they are responsible of the social life of the group. There is the figure of the ''Caporal'' as well, who has the authority with respect to the religious activities.<ref name="NorthDancesCL"/>

The first ''Diablada'' squad in Chile was founded in the city of Iquique by Gregorio Ordenes in 1956 under the name of ''Primera Diablada Servidores Virgen del Carmen'' after the visit of the Bolivian squad ''Diablada Ferroviaria'' to the festival of that year.<ref name="MemoriaChilena"/>

==See also==
*[[Carnaval de Oruro]]
*[[Carnaval de Oruro]]
*[[Diablada Puneña]]
*[[Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)|Fiesta de la Candelaria]]
*[[Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)|Fiesta de la Candelaria]]
*[[Fiesta de La Tirana]]
*[[Fiesta de La Tirana]]

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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'''Articles:'''
'''Articles:'''
*{{cite news |title=Dance of the Devils |url=http://yareah.com/2013/10/2309-dance-devils-artist-charlene-eckels/ |author=Eckels, Charlene |author-link=Eckels Charlene |magazine=[[Yareah]] |location=New York, New York |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=27 October 2013 |trans-title=Dance of the Devils |ref=refBolivia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201239/http://yareah.com/2013/10/2309-dance-devils-artist-charlene-eckels/ |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
*{{cite news |title=La diablada orureña ya era noticia en el siglo XIX |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090823_006828/nota_269_865807.htm |author={{aut|Cajías, Fernando}} |authorlink=Fernando Cajías |newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]] |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=23 August 2009 |accessdate=10 December 2009 |language=Spanish |trans_title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro was already news in the 19th century|ref=refOruro19thCentury}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
*{{cite news|title=La diablada orureña ya era noticia en el siglo XIX |url=http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090823_006828/nota_269_865807.htm |author=Cajías, Fernando |author-link=Fernando Cajías |newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razón]] |location=La Paz, Bolivia |date=23 August 2009 |access-date=10 December 2009 |language=es |trans-title=The ''Diablada'' of Oruro was already news in the 19th century |ref=refOruro19thCentury |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927151233/http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20090823_006828/nota_269_865807.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2009 }}
*{{cite journal |author={{aut|Cuentas Ormachea, Enrique}}|authorlink=Enrique Cuentas Ormachea|date=March, 1986.|title=La Diablada: Una expresión de coreografía mestiza del Altiplano del Collao|trans_title=The ''Diablada'': A mixed race choreographic expression of the Altiplano in the Collao|journal=Boletín de Lima|volume=year 8|issue=44|publisher=Editorial Los Pinos|location=Lima, Peru|issn=0253-0015|url=http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9750175/spanisch/diablada_punenia.htm|language=Spanish|format=PNG|accessdate=November 24, 2009|ref=refCuentasOrmachea1986}}
*{{cite journal|author=Cuentas Ormachea, Enrique|author-link=Enrique Cuentas Ormachea|date=March 1986|title=La Diablada: Una expresión de coreografía mestiza del Altiplano del Collao|trans-title=The ''Diablada'': A mixed race choreographic expression of the Altiplano in the Collao|journal=Boletín de Lima|volume=year 8|issue=44|publisher=Editorial Los Pinos|location=Lima, Peru|issn=0253-0015|url=http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9750175/spanisch/diablada_punenia.htm|language=es|format=PNG|access-date=November 24, 2009|ref=refCuentasOrmachea1986|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616140036/http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9750175/spanisch/diablada_punenia.htm|archive-date=June 16, 2010|df=mdy-all}}
*{{cite news |title=Sobre diablos y diabladas, A propósito de apreciaciones sesgadas |author={{aut|Echevers Tórrez, Diego}} |url=http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?nota=3543 |newspaper=[[La Patria (Oruro)|La Patria]] |location=Oruro, Bolivia |date=3 October 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2010 |language=Spanish |trans_title=About devils and ''Diabladas'', speaking about biased interpretations|ref=refDiablosDiabladas}}
*{{cite news |title=Sobre diablos y diabladas, A propósito de apreciaciones sesgadas |author=Echevers Tórrez, Diego |url=http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?nota=3543 |newspaper=[[La Patria (Oruro)|La Patria]] |location=Oruro, Bolivia |date=3 October 2009 |access-date=8 January 2010 |language=es |trans-title=About devils and ''Diabladas'', speaking about biased interpretations|ref=refDiablosDiabladas}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.cholonautas.edu.pe/modulo/upload/gisbert.pdf |title=El control de lo imaginario: teatralización de la fiesta |author={{aut|Gisbert, Teresa}} |authorlink=Teresa Gisbert |date=December 2002 |work=Módulo: Estudios de caso - Session 14, Lecture 3 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Peruanos |location=Lima, Peru |language=Spanish |trans_title=The control of the imaginary: theatralization of the party |format=PDF |accessdate=8 April 2010 |ref=refGisbert}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.cholonautas.edu.pe/modulo/upload/gisbert.pdf |title=El control de lo imaginario: teatralización de la fiesta |author=Gisbert, Teresa |author-link=Teresa Gisbert |date=December 2002 |work=Módulo: Estudios de caso&nbsp;– Session 14, Lecture 3 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Peruanos |location=Lima, Peru |language=es |trans-title=The control of the imaginary: theatralization of the party |access-date=8 April 2010 |ref=refGisbert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035729/http://www.cholonautas.edu.pe/modulo/upload/gisbert.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.balldediables.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=31 |title=Concomitàncies entre els balls de diables catalans i les diabladas d'Amèrica del Sud |author={{aut|Rius i Mercade, Jordi}} |date=18 January 2008 |publisher=Junta del Ball de Diables www.balldediables.org |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Catalan |trans_title=Concomitances between the ''Ball de diables'' and the ''Diabladas'' of South America |accessdate=10 December 2009|ref=refRiusIMercade}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.balldediables.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=31 |title=Concomitàncies entre els balls de diables catalans i les diabladas d'Amèrica del Sud |author=Rius i Mercade, Jordi |date=18 January 2008 |publisher=Junta del Ball de Diables www.balldediables.org |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=ca |trans-title=Concomitances between the ''Ball de diables'' and the ''Diabladas'' of South America |access-date=10 December 2009|ref=refRiusIMercade}}
*Thomas M Landy, [https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/chile/dancing-virgin-la-tirana "Dancing for the Virgin at La Tirana"], ''Catholics & Cultures'' updated February 17, 2017


'''Books'''
'''Books'''
*{{cite book |author= Asociación de Conjuntos del Folklore de Oruro |authorlink= Asociación de Conjuntos del Folklore de Oruro |editor=UNESCO |editor-link=UNESCO |title=Formulario de Candidatura para la proclamación del Carnaval de Oruro como Obra Maestra del Patrimonio Oral e Intangible de la Humanidad |trans_title=Candidature Form for the proclamation of the ''Carnaval de Oruro'' as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity |url=http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/documentos/FORMULARIO%20DE%20CANDIDATURA.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=11 January 2010 |year=2001 |location=Oruro, Bolivia |language=Spanish |ref=refUNESCOform}}
*{{cite book |author=Asociación de Conjuntos del Folklore de Oruro |author-link=Asociación de Conjuntos del Folklore de Oruro |editor=UNESCO |editor-link=UNESCO |title=Formulario de Candidatura para la proclamación del Carnaval de Oruro como Obra Maestra del Patrimonio Oral e Intangible de la Humanidad |trans-title=Candidature Form for the proclamation of the ''Carnaval de Oruro'' as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity |url=http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/documentos/FORMULARIO%20DE%20CANDIDATURA.pdf |access-date=11 January 2010 |year=2001 |location=Oruro, Bolivia |language=es |ref=refUNESCOform |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104051802/http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/documentos/FORMULARIO%20DE%20CANDIDATURA.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
*{{cite book |author={{aut|Fortún, Julia Elena}} |authorlink=Julia Elena Fortún |title=La danza de los diablos |trans_title=The dance of the devils |url=http://books.google.com.bo/books?ei=dkyfSs-GMYn4zAT01vDcBg&id=lcVYAAAAMAAJ&dq=La+danza+de+los+diablos+%3A+danzas+populares+bolivianas |series=Autores bolivianos contemporáneos |volume=5 |year=1961 |publisher=Ministerio de Educación y Bellas Artes, Oficialía Mayor de Cultura Nacional |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=Spanish |oclc=3346627 |ref=refFortun1961}}
*{{cite book |author=Fortún, Julia Elena |author-link=Julia Elena Fortún |title=La danza de los diablos |trans-title=The dance of the devils |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lcVYAAAAMAAJ&q=La+danza+de+los+diablos+%3A+danzas+populares+bolivianas |series=Autores bolivianos contemporáneos |volume=5 |year=1961 |publisher=Ministerio de Educación y Bellas Artes, Oficialía Mayor de Cultura Nacional |location=La Paz, Bolivia |language=es |oclc=3346627 |ref=refFortun1961}}
*{{cite book |author={{aut|Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe}} |authorlink=Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala |editor=Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacucho |title=El Primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno |trans_title=The First New Chronicle and Good Government |url=http://books.google.com.bo/books?id=PPy78ZxOo28C&dq=Felipe+Guam%C3%A1n+Poma+de+Ayala&source=gbs_navlinks_s |volume=2 |year=1980 |origyear=1615 |location=Caracas, Venezuela |language=Spanish |isbn=8466000569 |oclc=8184767 |ref=refGuamanPoma1615}}
*{{cite book |author=Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe |author-link=Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala |editor=Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacucho |title=El Primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno |trans-title=The First New Chronicle and Good Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPy78ZxOo28C&q=Felipe+Guam%C3%A1n+Poma+de+Ayala |volume=2 |year=1980 |orig-date=1615 |location=Caracas, Venezuela |language=es |isbn=84-660-0056-9 |oclc=8184767 |ref=refGuamanPoma1615}}
*{{cite book |author={{aut|Harris, Max}} |title=Carnival and other Christian festivals: folk theology and folk performance |url=http://books.google.com.bo/books?id=HgWOD2ZT_A4C |series=Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture |year=2003 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, United States |isbn=9780292701915 |oclc=52208546 |chapter=The Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia)|chapterurl=http://books.google.com.bo/books?id=HgWOD2ZT_A4C&pg=PA205 |ref=refHarris2003}}
*{{cite book |author=Harris, Max |title=Carnival and other Christian festivals: folk theology and folk performance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgWOD2ZT_A4C |series=Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture |year=2003 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, United States |isbn=978-0-292-70191-5 |oclc=52208546 |chapter=The Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgWOD2ZT_A4C&pg=PA205 |ref=refHarris2003}}
*{{cite book |author={{aut|Salles-Reese, Verónica}} |title=From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: representation of the sacred at Lake Titicaca |url=http://books.google.com.bo/books?id=bFNMgrfXsUkC |edition=1 |year=1997 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, United States |isbn=9780292777132 |oclc=34722267 |ref=refSalles-Reese}}
*{{cite book |author=Salles-Reese, Verónica |title=From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: representation of the sacred at Lake Titicaca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFNMgrfXsUkC |edition=1 |year=1997 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, United States |isbn=978-0-292-77713-2 |oclc=34722267 |ref=refSalles-Reese}}
*{{cite book |author={{aut|Santa Cruz, Nicomedes}} |authorlink=Nicomedes Santa Cruz |others= |title=Obras Completas II. Investigación (1958-1991) |trans_title=Complete Works II. Investigation (1958-1991) |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ysqz9XsfczYC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |series=Obras completas, Nicomedes Santa Cruz |volume=2 |year=2004 |editor=LibrosEnRed |language=Spanish |isbn=1597540145 |ref=refSantaCruz2004}}
*{{cite book |author=Santa Cruz, Nicomedes |author-link=Nicomedes Santa Cruz |title=Obras Completas II. Investigación (1958-1991) |trans-title=Complete Works II. Investigation (1958-1991) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ysqz9XsfczYC |series=Obras completas, Nicomedes Santa Cruz |volume=2 |year=2004 |editor=LibrosEnRed |language=es |isbn=1-59754-014-5 |ref=refSantaCruz2004}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.minculturas.gob.bo/index.php Cultures Ministry of Bolivia] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.minculturas.gob.bo/index.php Cultures Ministry of Bolivia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011044830/http://www.minculturas.gob.bo/index.php |date=2009-10-11 }} {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/acfo.html Folklore's Group Association - Oruro] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.inc.gob.pe/ National Culture Institute - Peru] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.carnavaldeoruroacfo.com/acfo.html Folklore's Group Association - Oruro] {{in lang|es}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090118152107/http://www.inc.gob.pe/ National Culture Institute - Peru] {{in lang|es}}


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A Diablada dance squad passing through the streets during the Carnival and Bolivia.
GenreFolk dance
InventorPre-Columbian Andean bolivian, civilizations
Year1500s
OriginAltiplano region, Bolivia, South America

The Diablada, also known as the Danza de los Diablos (English: Dance of the Devils), is an Andean folk dance performed in Bolivia 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.[1][2] 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,[3] and the Aymaran ritual to the demon Anchanchu, both originating in pre-Columbian Bolivia[4][5]

While the dance had been performed in the Andean region as early as the 1500s, its name originated in 1789 in Oruro, Bolivia, 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.[2][6] There is also some evidence of the dance originating among miners in Potosi, Bolivia,[7] while regional dances in Peru and Chile may have also influenced the modern version.

History

Pre-Columbian origins

Ancient drawing of the Collasuyus.
Depiction of a Collasuyu party in the 17th century book Primer Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno of Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala.

Bolivian historians claim that the Diablada originated in that country, and that Oruro should be named as its place of origin under the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity policy promoted by UNESCO; Bolivia has also claimed that performances of the dance in other countries are cultural appropriation.[8][9] Bolivian historians currently maintain that the Diablada dates back 2000 years to the rituals of the Uru civilization dedicated to the mythological figure Tiw, who protected caves, lakes, and rivers as places of shelter. The dance is believed to have originated as the Llama llama in the ancient settlement of Oruro, which was one of the major centers of the Uru civilization.[10][11] The dance includes references to animals that appear in Uru mythology such as ants, lizards, toads, and snakes.[12][13][14] Bolivian anthropologist Milton Eyzaguirre adds that the ancient cultures of the Bolivian Andes practiced a death cult called cupay, with that term eventually evolving into supay or the devil figure in the modern Diablada.[15]

Due to syncretism caused by Spanish influence in later centuries, Tiw was eventually associated with the devil; Spanish authorities also outlawed several of the ancient traditions but incorporated others into Christian theology.[16] Local and regional Diablada festivals arose during the Spanish colonial period and were eventually consolidated as the Carnaval de Oruro in the modern city of that name.[10]

...The Spanish banned these ceremonies in the seventeenth century, but they continued under the guise of Christian liturgy: the Andean gods were concealed behind Christian icons and the Andean divinities became the Saints. The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, celebrated on Candlemas (2 February). The traditional llama llama or diablada in worship of the Uru god Tiw became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro....

— Proclamation of "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" to the "Carnival of Oruro", UNESCO 2001

Chilean and Peruvian organizations suggest that since the dance has roots in Andean civilizations that existed before the formation of the current national borders, it should belong equally to the three nations.[17] Some Chilean historians concede that the Diablada originated in Bolivia and was adopted for Chile's Fiesta de La Tirana in 1952, though it is also influenced by a similar 16th Century Chilean tradition called Diablos sueltos.[18]

Some Peruvian historians also concede that the dance originated in Bolivia but was influenced by earlier traditions practiced across the Altiplano region, including some specific to Peru.[19][20] The Peruvian version, Diablada puneña, originated in the late 1500s among the Lupaka people in the Puno region, who in turn were influenced by the Jesuits; with that dance merging with the Bolivian version in the early 1900s.[21][22] Scholars who defend the Diablada's origins in Peru cite Aymaran traditions surrounding the deity Anchanchu that had been documented by 16th Century historian Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.[4][23] There is also a version of the Diablada in Ecuador called the Diablada pillareña.[24]

Spanish influence

"Struggle of the Diablada" as performed during the Carnival of Oruro.

Some historians have theorized that the modern Diablada exhibits influences from Spanish dance traditions. In her book La danza de los diablos, Julia Elena Fortún proposed a connection with the Catalan entremés called Ball de diables as performed in the Catalonian communities of Penedès and Tarragona. That dance depicts a struggle between Lucifer and the archangel Saint Michael and is first known to have been performed in 1150.[25][26] Catalan scholar Jordi Rius i Mercade has also found similarities between the Ball de diables and several Andean dances including the similarly-themed Baile de Diablos de Cobán in Guatemala and Danza de los diablicos de Túcume in Peru.[25]

Those theories contradict the more common theory that the modern Diablada is most influenced by the Spanish practice of autos sacramentales during which the colonizers introduced Christianity to the natives of the Andes, due to differing conceptions of the devil and his temptations.[27] The autos sacramentales process has been cited as an influence on the emergence of the Diablada puneña in Peru, shortly after the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, as believed by Garcilaso de la Vega.[28] Peruvian scholar Nicomedes Santa Cruz and Bolivian anthropologist Freddy Arancibia Andrade have suggested a similar process, with the dance originating among miners who rebelled against the Spanish at Potosi in 1538 while combining the ancient ritual of Tinku with Christian references.[7][29] Andrade has also proposed a similar process among striking miners in 1904 as the origin of the modern version of the Diablada.[7]

Post-independence period

Though the traditions of the Diablada were merged with Christianity during the colonial period, the meanings of the original traditions were revived and reassessed during the Latin American wars of independence. The Altiplano region, particularly around Lake Titicaca, became a center of appreciation for pre-Columbian dance and music.[30] During the Bolivian War of Independence, the main religious festival honoring the Virgin of the Candlemas was replaced by Carnival, which allowed for greater acknowledgement of pre-Christian traditions including the Diablada. The present annual Diablada festival was established in Oruro by 1891.[31]

The first institutionalized Diablada dance squad was the Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro, founded in Bolivia in 1904 by Pedro Pablo Corrales.[32] That squad established a counterpart called the Los Vaporinos in Peru in 1918.[33] A squad from Bolivia was invited to travel to the Fiesta de la Tirana in Chile in 1956, and that country's first established squad was called Primera Diablada Servidores Virgen del Carmen, centered in Iquique.[34] In 2001, the Carnaval de Oruro was declared one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, along with the Diablada and 19 other dances performed at the festival.[35] In 2004, the Bolivian government awarded high national honors to the Gran Tradicional y Auténtica Diablada Oruro for its 100th anniversary.[36]

Choreography

Diablada dancers in Puno, Peru.

In its original form, the dance was performed with music by a band of Sikuris, who played the siku. In modern times the dance is accompanied by an orchestra. Dancers often perform on streets and public squares, but the ritual can also be performed at indoor theaters and arenas. The ritual begins with a krewe featuring Lucifer and Satan with several China Supay, or devil women. They are followed by the personified seven deadly sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Afterwards, a troop of devils come out. They are all led by Saint Michael, with a blouse, short skirt, sword, and shield. During the dance, angels and demons move continuously. This confrontation between the two sides is eclipsed when Saint Michael appears and defeats the Devil. The choreography has three versions, each consisting of seven moves.[37]

Music

A partiture of a Diablada tune.
1862 partiture of a Diablada tune named Déjame by the composer Froilán Zevillano of the Poopó Province in Oruro, Bolivia.

The music associated with the dance has two parts: the first is known as the March and the second one is known as the Devil's Mecapaqueña. Some squads play only one melody or start the Mecapaqueña in the fourth movement "by four".[37] Since the second half of the 20th century, dialogue is omitted so the focus is only on the dance.[38]

Regional variations

Diablada Puneña (Peru)

Diablos from Puno, Peru.

The Diablada Puneña originated in modern Peru with the in the Lupaka people in 1576, when they combined tenets of Christianity from the autos sacramentales with ancient Aymara traditions.[4][23] Some additional influences from the cult of the Virgin Mary were added in the following century.[22] The Peruvian version of the Diablada was quite different from the Ururo-based Bolivian version until the two merged at the Fiesta de la Candelaria in 1965. However, the Peruvian versions continue to feature homegrown figures like Superman, American Indians, ancient Mexicans, and characters from popular films.[39]

The costumes used in the Peruvian Diablata also include influences from Tibet as well as elements from pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures such as Sechin, Chavin, Nazca, and Mochica.[4] Homegrown masks were produced and sold in Peru starting in 1956.[40] Music for the dance was originally performed on the siku,[41] but that was later replaced by percussionists known as Sicu-Morenos.[39]

Fiesta de La Tirana (Chile)

In Chile, the Diablada is performed during the Fiesta de La Tirana in the northern region of that country. The festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually to the small village of La Tirana.[42] The festival is descended from the celebrations for the Virgin of Carmen that began in 1540.[42]

See also

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