Army Soldier Training School

“Winners of the Cenepa"

ORAL PROJECT
MEMBERS: Aspt de Trp. Alcaciega Saquinga Jefferson David.
Aspt de Trp. Jimenez Wilson.

INSTRUCTOR: Cbos de CB. Zhamungui Cristian

PROMOCION: “ROMMEL RAMIRO VAZQUES PALOMINO”

Diablada Pillareña

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ecuador

 ¿What is the “Diablada Pillareña"?

• The Diablada de Píllaro is a popular celebration that

has grown in the last decade.

According to the story, in colonial times the natives disguised

themselves as devils in repudiation of the priestly preaching
and physical, psychological, economic and moral abuse they
received from the Spaniards
  The Diablada Pillareña is one of the popular festivals of
Ecuador, it was born in the time of the Spanish colony.

This cultural manifestation, which in

2009 was declared Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Ecuador, summons in
January thousands of people who
participate in the so-called "games" or
traditional parades that travel, in the
midst of dances and songs, rural
communities to the center of Pill
 Diablada de Píllaro Clothing

 The Diablada de Píllaro being one of the popular festivities of

Ecuador resembles a liberation before the rigid norms and austerity
of the Catholic church.
The members, of any age or origin, disguise
themselves as devils and enter the main party to
join the celebration (which lasts for eight hours) and
it is very common to see hundreds of tourists
intermingled in the excitementthe servitude began
to use devil costumes as a way to appropriate the
personality of the hated and discriminated
character with whom, due to their situation at that
time, they felt identified. At present, the
personification of the devil has become a show of
ingenuity and charisma for each participant.
 The members, of any age or origin, disguise themselves as devils
and enter the main party to join the celebration (which lasts for
eight hours) and it is very common to see hundreds of tourists
intermingled in the excitement.

The real origin of

this custom is still
much discussed
but among the
many legends that
circulate there is a
very popular one:
when the
landowners
celebrated the
beginning of the
new year,