Diablada

La Diablada
Stylistic origins	Spanish culture and Andean music.i
Cultural origins	Prehispanic indigenous and Spanish traditions.
Typical instruments	cymbal, bass drum, trumpet, tuba, siku, quena and more depending on regional variations.iii
Subgenres
Diablada de Oruro, Diablada Puneña
Regional scenes
in Bolivia: Carnaval de Oruro, Fiesta del Gran Poder, Fiesta de Urkupiña, Fiesta de Ch'utillos, Entrada de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Fiesta de San Miguel Arcangel in Peru: Fiesta de la Candelaria, Carnaval de Juliaca, 28 de Julio, Tata Pancho, Festividad de la Octava del Niño Jesús, Fiesta de San Miguel Arcangel. in Chile: Fiesta de La Tirana
Notes  The origins and patrimonial identity of the Diablada is a matter of dispute among authorities and historians of Bolivia and Peru. The Peruvian historian Enrique Cuentas Ormachea published in 1986 an article where he, quoting the newspaper 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. Later after the 2009 Bolivian-Peruvian dispute regarding this dance grew this version was denied. 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.

in Bolivia:
Carnaval de Oruro, Fiesta del Gran Poder, Fiesta de Urkupiña, Fiesta de Ch'utillos, Entrada de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Fiesta de San Miguel Arcangel
in Peru:
Fiesta de la Candelaria, Carnaval de Juliaca, 28 de Julio, Tata Pancho, Festividad de la Octava del Niño Jesús, Fiesta de San Miguel Arcangel.
in Chile:

The La Diablada or Danza de los Diablos (English: Dance of the Demons), is a dance characterized by the mask and devil suit worn by the performers. The dance is a mixture of religious theatrical presentations brought from Spain and Andean religious ceremonies such as the Llama llama dance in honor of the Uru god Tiw (protector of mines, lakes, and rivers), and the Aymaran miners' ritual to Anchanchu (a demon spirit of caves and other isolated places in Bolivia and Perú).

The Diablada's origins are in Oruro, Bolivia. The dance is known in Puno in Peru, and La Tirana in Chile—it is also not uncommon for the dance to be used as a symbol for these country's indigenous cultural identity.

The name was consolidated in Oruro from 1789 to 1944, where masked groups which participated in parades dressed in devil costumes came to be known as Diabladas. In 1904, the first group with the label Diablada originated, the "Great Traditional Authentic Diablada Oruro," with a defined music, dress, choreography, and plot. This period culminated with the founding of new groups of Diabladas in 1944, consolidating the denomination.

The debate about the patrimonial identity of the Diablada concerns its roots as well. 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. 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.

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