The "Brunca" people have a long story of resisting the invasion and fleeing to the mountain to escape violence and deceases.

They commemorate this mythical battle every year during a festival lasting three days, with lots of "chicha", a fermented corn beverage, and a complex ritual.

The masks are a particularity of this culture, carved out of balsa wood, they are "played" during the ritual.

El Diablo Mayor,

Master of ceremony, marking the different parts and keeping the order blowing his sea shell.

El Tauro,

Symbolizing the spanish conqueror, the bull is fought thru the streets, wining by throwing on the ground the diablitos during the "tumba", on the village plaza. He is then pursued by the hunters and their dogs, who are actually young boys running on four feet, and dragged to the slaughter place.

El Carnisero,

The person responsible of the dismembering of the bull, giving away the meat, a way to tell people of the village what their missing.

Weaving's

The Boruca Indians use different vegetal dies on hand made cotton.

They weave on simple frames or only with the lines tight on their hips.