Case file · Folklore / legend
The Diablada of Oruro
Miners formed Oruro's oldest devil-dance fraternity in 1904; in the Diablada, devils led by Lucifer and Supay battle the Archangel Michael and bow before the Virgin of the Mineshaft.
1904 CE · -17.97, -67.11 · status: account
The account
The dance turns the underground lord of the miners into a Carnival figure; UNESCO proclaimed Oruro's Carnival in 2001.