Diablada Ferroviaria Oruro
Founded Oct 6, 1956 by workers of the Ferrocarril Antofagasta-Bolivia (railway union); pioneered gold and silver thread costumes, parades a locomotive float and unicycling bears since 1970.
First to stylize costume embroidery as Carnaval norm.
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Other oruro carnival fraternities
Oldest devil-dance fraternity, founded Nov 25, 1904 by the butchers' guild (matarifes); known historically as the Diablada de los Mañazos, the matrix from which the Oruro Diablada tradition grew.
Founded March 9, 1913 as 'Morenada Oruro' with only 20 dancers; oldest Morenada fraternity of the Oruro Carnival, rooted in north-zone communities of Sillota, Caracollo and Paria.
Centennial fraternity founded March 19, 1906 by traveling merchants; dramatizes the conquest and fall of the Inca Empire with characters including Atahuallpa, Pizarro and Spanish soldiers.
Tobas dance fraternity founded July 1, 1911 from the 'Los Carreritos' guild; reorganized 1914 at the Colorada San José mine, with 650-700 dancers performing warrior-style acrobatic Tobas.
Founded Feb 13, 1921 as 'Llameros de Oruro del Norte' by Emeterio Condori, Ceprian Rodríguez and others; oldest Llamerada fraternity, representing Andean llama-herding caravans.
Founded Nov 29, 1924 by the Cocani community (coca-leaf merchants who migrated from Aroma, La Paz); the six stars on its shield honor the founding families. Split in 1992 and re-emerged as the Cocani-founded Central.