Where does the diablo cojuelo come from?

Where it comes from, and advice for visitors

The diablo cojuelo is a figure that came from Spain and stayed in the Caribbean. Although the festival looks ancient, its present form was organised in the seventies and has not stopped growing.

The visitor had better be warned: walk down the middle of the street, do not run, and do not laugh at a devil with your back turned.

• The diablo cojuelo, the limping devil, came from Spain and stayed in the Caribbean.
• The carnival's present form was organised in the 1970s and has kept growing.
• Advice for visitors: walk down the middle of the street, do not run, and do not laugh at a devil with your back turned.

Aunque la fiesta parezca antigua, su forma actual se organizó en los años setenta y no ha dejado de crecer.

Although the festival looks ancient, its present form was organised in the seventies and has not stopped growing.

Al visitante conviene que lo avisen: camine por el centro de la calle, no corra, y no se ría del diablo de espaldas.

The visitor had better be warned: walk down the middle of the street, do not run, and do not laugh at a devil with your back turned.