Asociación Civil Diablos Danzantes de Ocumare de la Costa
Afro-Venezuelan coastal cofradía of Aragua, organised as a Civil Association; promeseros dance two days during Corpus Christi week as payment of promises to the Santísimo Sacramento.
Oldest documented diablada in Venezuela; ironclad rule that the suit must be brand new every year or the promesero may not dance.
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Other diablos danzantes de venezuela
The original brotherhood of Diablos Danzantes; promeseros dance through Yare in scarlet costumes on Corpus Christi until the devils kneel before the Blessed Sacrament. Founding tradition is dated to 1749 (the cofradía celebrated its 277th year in 2026).
Coastal cofradía of Naiguatá on the Caribbean shore; danced for roughly 400 years and key to integrating women and children into the Corpus Christi diabladas.
One of the oldest Aragua diabladas, performed in the isolated cacao village of Chuao; mostly Afro-Venezuelan promeseros, with the patron tricolor ribbon a unique mask marker.
Coastal Aragua cofradía in the cacao village of Cata; distinctive metallic-mesh masks of fierce beasts and a triple-cross cape. Cofradía membership binds dancers to Corpus Christi ritual, mask traditions and mutual-aid obligations in the home pueblo.
Afro-Venezuelan cofradía in the coastal village of Cuyagua; UNESCO-inscribed and dated to 1773, with strong community participation and intergenerational transmission via the perreros.
Originally from the Aragua coastal town of Turiamo (founded 1595), this cofradía has danced Corpus Christi since 1646 and now keeps the tradition in three Maracay neighborhoods after forced relocation in 1957.