Venezuela’s Dancing Devils ask for an end to the pandemic, World News

Members of a Venezuela ceremonial brotherhood known as the Dancing Devils on Thursday (June 3) held their annual Corpus Christi celebration by calling for the end of Covid-19 pandemic in the country and the world.

Groups of adult men and youth in towns along Venezuela’s central coast have since the 1700s dressed as masked devils who hold a ritual in which they surrender to God as part of a symbolic victory of good over evil. The celebration of the Roman Catholic holiday mixes indigenous, African and Spanish traditions, according to the cultural ministry.

The festivities in Naiguata, a town 52 kilometers (32 miles) northeast of the capital Caracas, began mid-morning on Thursday and finished after 6 p.m. local time. Residents played drums for dancers who dressed as devils that took an…