 The "Ball de Diables" ([[Devils’ Dance]]) seems to balance the relationship between light and noise, and is performed for the first time during independent exhibitions, out of the retinue, and is undoubtedly a precedent of the current correfoc.In the last instance, the "sardana" dance is imported from other Catalan region (Empordà), which will thus be on its way to becoming a national symbol.The 20th century, until the establishment of the democratic town halls which took place during the seventies and the eighties, will be a somewhat dark period for the collection of the festivities of Santa Tecla.