{"id":323885,"date":"2026-06-05T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/323885\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:14:19","slug":"video-venezuelas-dancing-devils-revive-centuries-old-corpus-christi-rite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/323885\/","title":{"rendered":"Video. Venezuela&#8217;s Dancing Devils revive centuries-old Corpus Christi rite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dressed in colourful costumes and handmade masks, parishioners danced through the streets as children received their First Communion after a year of religious preparation. The event combines Catholic devotion with local customs and forms part of a ritual in which masked devils ultimately submit to the Blessed Sacrament, symbolising the victory of good over evil. The tradition was recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The celebration in Tarmas is distinguished by its small masks made from dried gourds and a rhythmic dance that traces the sign of the cross on the ground. Participants said that while costumes and rituals vary between communities, the central purpose remains the same: honouring the Eucharist. <\/p>\n<p>The practice dates back to the arrival of Franciscan missionaries in the late eighteenth century and reflects a blend of Catholic, Indigenous and African influences. Today, it remains one of Venezuela&#8217;s most distinctive religious and cultural events, bringing together families, worshippers and local brotherhoods each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dressed in colourful costumes and handmade masks, parishioners danced through the streets as children received their First Communion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[115849,115853,115857,115845,115861,155,157,156,115862,115858,115854,115850,115846,115864,115860,115856,115852,115848,115863,115859,115855,115851,115847],"class_list":["post-323885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-id15948","tag-id378","tag-id4164","tag-id450","tag-id574","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-slugculture","tag-slugfestival","tag-slugreligion","tag-slugunesco-kultur-miras-listesi","tag-slugvenezuela","tag-titleculture","tag-titlefestival","tag-titlereligion","tag-titleunesco-cultural-heritage-list","tag-titlevenezuela","tag-urlsafevalueculture","tag-urlsafevaluefestival","tag-urlsafevaluereligion","tag-urlsafevalueunesco-kultur-miras-listesi","tag-urlsafevaluevenezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}