This is Bailede los Diablos.

Pablo's -Dance of the Devil's.

- The devils are the ones.

- Wearing the masks.

- They represent the.

- Indigenous working people.

- The bulls represent.

- The Spanish invaders.

They taunt the bulls, - but they cannot defend.

- Themselves.

- The bull is made.

- Of a heavy metal frame, - with a handle positioned.

- On the inside, so that the wearer can hurl - the frame, and the bull.

- Mask, equipped with horns at the Devil's.

Everyone, well, mainly the - men in the town are drinking.

- Day and night only, - so things can get.

- A little dicey.

- I learned what an aerial.

- It was - when two drunk devils.

- Approached me at night.

- And to my relief, this man.

- With a hurting stick came to leave them alone.

These are the devil -shepherds who are also pretty drunks, - but they keep.

- The devils in line.

- If the devils are talking.

- Too much to family and friends -during the performance, - they get herded.

- Back into the game, - sometimes with a little hit.

- From the shepherd stick.

They also help the Devils if they -fall from drunkenness, - if they forget.

- To put on their masks, - if they're not wearing.

- The appropriate costume, - they are there to help.

- Keep everyone safe - and maintain the structure.

- Of this cultural traditions.

- Depending on where you are.

- In Latin America, - chicha.

- Can be made differently.

- But it's mostly with corn.

- Or as it's called, mice.

- The Incas brewed teacher.

- In large quantities - and noble women.

- Wear their top brewers.

- There are even pre ink.

- And references to chicha.

- But during Spanish.

- Colonization, - like many indigenous.

- Traditions, - the brewing of chicha.

- Was banned.

Today in Recordar, - the government supplies.

- The corn so the community -can brew it.

As part of this tradition.

- It is an important part.

- Of the celebrate and a way - to reclaim a story.

- That would otherwise be lost - the Spanish.

- At one point in history - imposed themselves violently.

- On much of the world.

- Many cultural groups.

- Throughout Central and South.

- America did not survive due.

- To disease, slavery, -genocide, war, -forced migration, -forced assimilation, -and cultural erasure.

- We know this.

-We know.

- The conquerors, victories.

But we don't know that - there are many indigenous.

- Communities - who evaded and sometimes.

- Defeated the Spanish.

- The Baraga population.

- Was greatly reduced, but some took to the dense - jungle mountain.

- Range of Salamanca - and miraculously survived.

- Spanish conquest.

- Their descendants are here.

- Today.

- The dance of the Devils is.

- A celebration of that fact, - and a way to tell.

- Their version of history.

- The devil's -character is a recollection.

- Of the broken spirit - in the face.

- Of a powerful invader.

They provoke the bomb.

- They receive his blows, but.

- Get up to taunt him again.

- It's an attitude of defiance.

- And a mockery of Spanish aggression.

- It is reminiscent of Spanish.

- Bullfighting.

- Almost as if to parody.

- The conquistadors own culture of.

- The theme of the next.

- Generation is powerful.

Throughout the festivities, - the younger boys are allowed.

- To play the first couple of days.

- Only the bulls.

- Don't really hit them, - but it's a way -for them to practice.

- And be included in the game.

-By the third day, -everything the drinking - and the performance.

- Intensifies.

-With the addition of props, -more doubles arrive - and the most elaborate.

- Masks are brought out.

- The week -began with the birth.

- Of the doubles, and today they will die.

- Much like how the original.

- Brookins almost died out -tomorrow.

-Their mother, -also a double, resurrects - them, symbolizing.

- The population that survived - on the last day.

- The ball is burned.

Contrary -to the common story, - the Spanish.

- Invasion is unsuccessful.

Some say the 25 separate - indigenous groups.

- Once lived in Costa Rica.

Now there are eight.

- Resisting Spanish conquest.

- All those years ago - didn't mean that.

- The fight was over.

-All over the world, -colonization caused a disastrous -political - and economic chain reaction.

- That continues today.

-Even as a sovereign nation, -Costa Rica denied - indigenous people -the right to vote.

- Until 1994, indigenous - territorial rights.

- Are constantly violated.

- More than half of the areas.

- Of some designated - territories are occupied.

- By non-indigenous settlers.

- If you've ever been here.

- As a tourist, you've - probably unknowingly.

- Partaken in this occupation.

- Indigenous land.

- Is often entitled and sold - in the private sector.

- To foreigners - who are ignorant to the land.

- Struggles.

- For example, the coke laced.

- Beach region in Puerto.

- Viejo that on paper.

- Belongs to the Coca-Cola - but in reality is.

- Owned by mostly expatriate.

- The biggest issues.

- That remain for the Berocca - and other indigenous.

- Groups of Costa Rica are education, health care, unenforced land recognition, -and contaminated natural resources.

- In the rainy season.

- And Rio Grande, the Taraba floods -dramatically - and this entire town.

- Has to evacuate.

- They lose everything.

- Each time this happens.

- The river, once.

- Teeming with crayfish, - has suffered.

- From deforestation and - contamination from a nearby.

- Pineapple plantation.

- There are initiatives in and.

- Outside of the government - trying to address.

- Some of these issues.

- Racism in politics.

- And corruption play - a role in the continued.

- Fight for their rights.

- Feel so much was lost.

- Because of the colonizers -resources, -biodiversity, human lives.

- Costa Rica relives.

- This in modern terms.

Although the country - has branded itself.

- As sustainable, this is not exactly -the case.

- Development.

- Both in the tourism industry - and in industrialized.

- Agriculture - have a damaging.

- Consequences, especially - for those who are already.

- Marginalized.

-But here, once a year, -a victory among loss, - the broken people celebrate.

- Their story of resistance - and continued presence.

- As a people with by their loss, various.

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