Diablos de Chuao

DIABLOS DANZANTES DE CHUAO

VENEZUELA | Tuesday, 8 November 2011 | Views [1261]

Los Diablos de Chuao (Devils from Chuao) it´s a celebration performed during Corpus Christi. Men who are in the Fraternity of the Holy Sacrament organize the celebration, and those who have a promise to pay will dance all over town dressed as devils without rest for three days.

The Devil´s most significant piece of the wardrobe is the mask with exaggerated features and horns with a yellow, blue and red ribbon, and it´s accompanied by a colorful suit similar to those of the Spanish in the seventieth century, garnished with a tail and crosses, a whip in one hand and a maraca in the other. Masks are typically made from clay, wood and paper maché and may vary according to the hierarchy.

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on the final day, at sunset, devil´s return to the church and kneel face down to the earth, with masks off, as a penance and an act of submission

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Diablos de Chuao

DIABLOS DANZANTES DE CHUAO

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