La Casa de la Cultura de Yare
The House of Culture. Located in Plaza Bolívar in Yare, Venezuela. Photo registry by Luis Chacín, Luis Duarte, and Gustavo Marcano during the Dancing Devils ritual on May 19, 2018. The Dancing Devils of Yare is a religious festivity celebrated…

La Casa de la Cultura de Yare (with cameras)
The House of Culture. Located in Plaza Bolívar in Yare, Venezuela. Photo registry by Luis Chacín, Luis Duarte, and Gustavo Marcano during the Dancing Devils ritual on May 19, 2018. The Dancing Devils of Yare is a religious festivity celebrated…

San Francisco de Yare
A small town well known for the way it celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi: Groups of people dance disguised as masked devils commemorating the presence of Christ in the Sacrament. This ancestral tradition is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Instrumento Para La Percusión
Percussion Instrument used by the Dancing Devils of Yare. Photo registry by Gustavo Marcano during the Dancing Devils ritual on May 19, 2018. The Dancing Devils of Yare is a religious festivity celebrated in San Francisco de Yare,…

Molde de Cemento para Máscara
Mold created with soft clay (white), cast plaster and cement. The casting of plaster is added on any mask already made to create the masks of the Dancing Devils of Yare.

Dancing Devils Mask
The Brotherhood of the Blessed Sacrament of the Dancing Devils of Yare, The masks are pieces made of plastic, paper and newspaper among others, of various sizes and different shapes, reflect with bright and fluorescent colors the image of a demon,…

Maniquí con Máscara de Diablo de Cuatro Cuernos (with cameras)
** This model is a work in progress. Image donations to help complete this model can be made at https://digital-content-donation.arck-project.org/ ** The Brotherhood of the Blessed Sacrament of the Dancing Devils of Yare, The masks are pieces made…


Cultural Heritage of Venezuela
Caracas, San Rafael de Mucuchíes and El Tisure, San Francisco de Yare, Coro, Mérida, Maracaibo, Other Locations