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During the colonial period, Spanish colonists did not allow the people who were already living there to participate in some Spanish customs that were not religious.

What was a cultural response by the people living in present-day Bolivia to being excluded by the Spanish?

They practiced their own religion and customs privately, often poking fun at the Catholic symbols the Spaniards brought.
They came up with a dance known as the Waca-Waca (also known as Waka Tokori or torito bailarín) that poked fun at Spanish bullfights. It was incorporated into ritual dances for good harvests and is danced to this day.
They practiced their own religion and customs privately, often combining their own religious symbols with the Catholic symbols the Spaniards brought.
They came up with a dance known as the Waca-Waca (also known as Waka Tokori or torito bailarín) that improved on Spanish bullfights. It was incorporated into ritual dances for fighting and is danced to this day.

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The answer is they came up with a dance known as the Waca-Waca (also known as Waka Tokori or torito bailarín) that poked fun at Spanish bullfights. It was incorporated into ritual dances for good harvests and is danced to this day.

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It is believed that the Waca - Waca dance was created to satirize bullfights that were so appealing to the Spanish but violent and disturbing. In the colonial period, the native population was prohibited from participating in Spanish customs like the bullfights. The reaction of the indigenous people was to ridicule Spanish behavior. They created dances like the Waca Tokori in jest so they could make ceremonious fun of the Europeans. The term waca means cow in Quechua and Aymara, the indigenous languages that are spoken in the highlands of Bolivia and Peru.

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