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By fortuitous events, I was
invited to the Diablos Danzantes by some Venezuelan
friends who wished to experience
this unique cultural event. There were several surprises on
the trip. The first thing had to do with finding the dance.
After many wrong turns and asking many strangers for
directions, we found the event up an unassuming dirt road.
Secondly, there were a lot fewer people than I expected. We
learned that this had to do with the event we choose.
Apparently there was a much more public event earlier in the
week with several thousand people in attendance. There were
about 200 the morning we went. I was also pleasantly
surprised to run into other ECA teachers at the event. One
note about the above photo. Apparently the number of
necklaces the Diablos wear indicate the number of years they
have participated in the event. |
