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David Mercado/Reuters PROTEST DANCE: A dancer from the "Diablada" group performed during a protest against Miss Peru in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday.

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David Guss, an anthropologist at Tufts University, said that the Bolivian city "might have the most compelling claim" as the birthplace of the Diablada.

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Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images But anthropologist David Guss says that while Oruro "might have the most compelling claim" as the birthplace of the Diablada, parts of Chile and Peru also make claims to the ritual, and there was lots of cultural cross-pollination as it evolved.

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Mr. Groux says further evidence of the legitimacy of Bolivia's Diablada claim is that a Bolivian Miss Universe candidate wore the costume all the way back in 1990.

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Mr. Guss says Bolivia pushed hard for the distinction, "investing tremendous cultural capital in terms of cornering the Diablada market."

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"La Diablada" is a carnival that takes place every year in the city of Oruro in Central

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