Editing Supay (section)

== Mining communities ==
{{main|Tío Supay}}
Supay is given original meaning in the [[miner]]'s communities, with [[El Tío|Tío]] or Supay recognized as the lord of the mines,<ref name="sallnow1989"/> sometimes conflated together into figure of Tío Supay, as already discussed.{{sfnp|Claure Covarrubias|Monotoya|2005|p=73}} And the Virgin of the Mineshaft ([[:es:Virgen del Socavón|Virgen del Socavón]]) is the mining communities' alias of the Virgin of Candelaria previously discussed.<ref name="perrin2009"/>

In [[Oruro]], Bolivia, the [[Carnaval de Oruro]] features the ''[[diablada]]'' dance with the Supay cast in the role of its most important devil<ref name="perrin2009"/>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|It is not clear if the star of the dance really names himself the Supay as Perrin seems to suggest. Otherliterature refer to Lucifer and Satan appearing, both symbolizing El Tío.<ref>{{harvp|Claure Covarrubias|Monotoya|2005|p=53}}:"Los diablos y luciferes representan simbolicamente al Tío en el Carnaval . Lo interesante es cómo este ser demoníaco.. es capaz de bailar a su vez en honor a la Virgen del Socavón"</ref>}} The carnival dance may also feature the ''china supay'' or "she-devils" of overtly sexual nature that used to be performed by men.<ref>{{harvp|Sallnow|1989|pp=249–250}} based on the ethnography of [[June Nash]] (1979)</ref>

In the miners' lore, Tío was the king of the underground ({{lang|es|rey de lo subterráneo}}), and Chinasupay the she-devil his wife, according to [[Victor Montoya]], and he sees some parallels with the [[Hades]]-[[Persephone]] myth here.{{sfnp|Claure Covarrubias|Monotoya|2005|p=54}}