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Diablos Danzantes de Tinaquillo in Tinaquillo
Diablos Danzantes de Tinaquillo is a Corpus Christi and Saint John the Baptist devil-dancing tradition from Tinaquillo in Cojedes state, believed to originate in the late nineteenth century under the influence of the Diablos de Guacara, notable for masks carved in human rather than animal or demonic form and for a seven-year cycle of ritual outings called trochas.
Tinaquillo, in Venezuela's inland Cojedes state, is home to a Diablos Danzantes brotherhood believed to have taken shape in the late nineteenth century, with some accounts pointing to influence from the Diablos de Guacara in neighboring Carabobo state.