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How the viral protest 'A Rapist in Your Path' became a defiant anthem for 2019

It begins with a group of women, usually blindfolded, and an electronic beat. There is a side-to-side shuffle, chanting and squats. And there is the unforgettable chorus, done to a finger-snapping dance: "Y la culpa no era mia / ni donde estaba / ni como vestia" - And the fault was not mine / nor where I was / nor how I was dressed.

The action ends with the group pointing straight ahead and repeating the refrain: "El violador eres tu." The rapist is you.

This stirring performance, titled "Un violador en tu camino" (A Rapist in Your Path), was first brought to life by the feminist art collective called Lastesis at a protest in the port city of Valparaiso,

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