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The Asociación Carnavalesca de Massachusetts

A park ranger grimaces his face and hands in a fearsome pose next to the costumed diablo cojuelo. The devil costume has large fangs and empty socket eyes. The head and body is ordained in highly intricate gold sequins, colorful gems, and yellow feathers.

The Asociación Carnavalesca de Massachusetts brings Dominican Carnival folkloric traditions to Lowell's Folk Festival (2013). The group is led by Stelyn Mirabal of neighboring Lawrence, Massachusetts. Depicted here is a diablo cojuelo (limping devil) who's limp originates from falling to the Earth during his banishment. There is a tale that is said that the mask is meant to represent the Spaniard colonialists that whipped the indigenous people. Common elements of the diablo cojuelo in Carnival is to wield bells and a whip.

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Lowell National Historical Park, Code: LOWE

Lowell National Historical Park, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.6464996337891, Longitude: -71.3309020996094

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07/26/2013

07/26/2013

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