Wonderful Ecuador Week #1 Third Term 2020-2021
WONDERFUL ECUADOR
1. LET'S PLAY WITH KAHOOT. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ECUADOR?
2. DISCUSS: WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT ECUADOR RELATED TO HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, AND ART? NAME AT LEAST ONE FOR EACH CATEGORY. SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH YOUR CLASSMATES OR FAMILY
3. READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT
Ecuador
The official name of our country is the Republic of Ecuador. It is the second smallest country in South America, with 256,370 square kilometers. Due to its position on the equator, our country has incredible biodiversity and wonderful landscapes. The official language is Spanish. Quichua is spoken by many indigenous nationalities. About ten other native languages are also official in their communities. According to the law, all indigenous languages in Ecuador must be respected and preserved. Ecuador uses the United States Dollar as its currency. The capital city is Quito.
4. BASED ON THE READING, WHICH SENTENCES ARE CORRECT?
a. Ecuador is the second largest country in South America.
b. We have great biodiversity because we are far from the equator.
c. About 12 languages are spoken in our country.
d. Approximately 24.1% of indigenous people live in the Amazonia. e. There are about 1.1 million indigenous people in Ecuador.
5. ANSWER THE QUESTION: What else do you know about different indigenous groups?. Write 2 shorts descriptions of 2 different indigenous groups in your own words.
Salasaca indigenous group
ResponderEliminarThe town Salasaca is located in the province of Tungurahua, its population is 12,000 inhabitants, they are made up of 24 communities and the majority of the population speaks the Quichua language. The typical dish of the Salasaca people is corn and roast pig. The women's clothing is a white blouse with colored thread embroidery, chumbi and a black cloth hat, the men wear a black poncho, trousers and a white shirt and a black hat.The attractive tourist route is located in the community of Huasalata.
Saraguro indigenous group
The town Saraguro is located in the province of Loja in Ecuador, its population is approximately 37,000 and 60,000 inhabitants, there are 183 communities, their language is bilingual (Quichua and Spanish) their typical dishes are: quinoa soup, chicken broth, humitas and tamales. The traditional clothing of the man is poncho, shorts and hat. The woman wears an anaco, a skirt, an embroidered sweater, and silver ornaments such as earrings and necklaces. The most attractive tourist place is the Cerro de Arcos.
Otavalo indigenous group
ResponderEliminarThe Otavalo canton is located in the north of Ecuador and in the south east of the Imbabura province, the Otavalo canton is divided into urban and rural parishes, its population is 65,000 inhabitants, its language is Otavaleño Kichwa. The women's clothing is a knotted shawl, an embroidered white blouse, two superimposed woolen skirts, rolled at the waist with handmade ribbons. The men wear a shirt, white pants, a dark blue poncho, a hat, and espadrilles. His typical dish is Yamor and chicha. Otavalo is a very visited tourist area; they present their crafts that attract a lot of attention.
Chibuleo indigenous group
Chibuleo is an indigenous town that is located in the central highlands to the South-West of the province of Tungurahua. Its language is Kichwa, it is made up of 7 communities, its population is 12,000 inhabitants. The women wear a black cloth with embroidered edges, a white short-sleeved blouse, a black anaco with embroidered edges, a colored sash, a white hat. The men wear a red poncho with embroidered edges and two vertical stripes of colors, shirt and white pants. His typical dish is potatoes with guinea pig and fry.
OTAVALO INDIGENOUS GROUP
ResponderEliminarOtavalo, also known as San Luis de Otavalo, is an Ecuadorian city; cantonal head of the Canton Otavalo, as well as the second largest and most populated city in the Province of Imbabura. It is located north of the inter-Andean region of Ecuador, in the Chota river basin, crossed by the Tejar river, at an altitude of 2550 meters above sea level and with an Andean climate of 16 ° C on average.It is called "Intercultural Capital of Ecuador" for its cultural and historical wealth, and for being the place of origin of the Quichua people of the Otavalos, famous for their textile and commercial skills, characteristics that have given rise to the largest indigenous artisan market in South America. , called "La Plaza de Ponchos". In the 2010 census it had a population of 39,354, making it the thirty-third most populous city in the country.
KAYAMBI INDIGENOUS GROUP
The Kayambi people live in the Sierra region, in the north of the Pichincha province, south of the Imbabura province and west of the Napo province, occupying a section of the Central Cordillera of the Andes.
In the province of Pichincha, they live in the following cantons: Quito, Czech parish; Cayambe, parishes Ayora, Juan Montalvo, Ascázubi, Cangahua, Olmedo, Otón, Sta. Rosa de Cusubamba; Pedro Moncayo, Tabacundo, La Esperanza, Toacachi, Malchinguí, Tupigachi parishes.
In the province of Imbabura: Otavalo canton, González Suárez and San Pablo parishes and Pimampiro canton, Pimampiro, Chuga, Mariano Acosta and San Francisco de Sigsipamba parishes.
In the Napo province, El Chaco canton, Oyacachi parish.
Panzaleo indigenous people
ResponderEliminarThe Panzaleo, also called Kichwa del Cotopaxi, are settled in the southern part of the Cotopaxi province, in the following cantons: Latacunga, La Maná, Pujilí, Saquisilí. The man wears sheep wool pants, shirt, long ponchos and thick on their head they wear a hat. The women wear brightly colored pleated skirts, embroidered blouses, colored fachalinas, golden hualcas and a hat.
Salasaca indigenous people
They are located in the province of Tungurahua, they speak Spanish and Quichua, their main economic activities are agriculture, livestock and crafts. The women's clothing is complemented by a white blouse that is embroidered with colored threads, the chumbi and a black cloth hat. The men wear a black poncho, white pants and shirt, and a black hat.
Palta indigenous group
ResponderEliminarThe Palta town is located in the province of Loja, its population is 23,801 inhabitants, they are made up of 2 urban parishes, 7 rural and 73 neighborhoods and the majority of the population speaks the Quichua-Andean language. The typical dish of the town Palta Green banana soup with grain and majado or molloco. Both women's clothing is black. The attractive tourist route is the viewpoint of the fifth Fatima, the Mother Church, etc.
Puruhá indigenous group
The Puruhá people are located in the province of Chimborazo, Bolivar, Tungurahua and part of Cotopaxi in Ecuador, its population is approximately 200,000 inhabitants, there are 780 communities, their language is bilingual (Quichua and Spanish) Their typical dishes are Rice Soup of barley, Coladade arina of barley, wheat, broad bean, pea, Machka api guinea pig or colada de machica of salt with guinea pig guts, etc. Traditional men's clothing is the poncho of various designs made of wool or orlon with gemerally red stripes, and a stratified hat. The black anaco woman, a colorful chumbi, embroidered blouses, velvet or sheep wool cloths and coral accessories. The most attractive tourist place is Pucara Tambo.
Salasacas indigenous group.
ResponderEliminarThe Salasaca indigenous people is located in the province of Tungurahua, its population is 12,000 inhabitants, they are made up of 24 communities as a community and the majority of the population's inhabitants, their main economics are agriculture and crafts, their typical dish of the Salasaca people is the roasted pork
and corn.
The women are a white blouse embroidered with various colored threads, chumbi and a black cloth hat, the men wear a black poncho, pants and a white shirt. They are located in the Tungurahua province and speak Quichua and Spanish
Otavalos indigenous groups
The Otavalo canton is located in the north of Ecuador also well known as Imbabura is an Ecuadorian city of Otavalo canton is divided into urban and rural parishes, its population is 65,000 inhabitants, its language is Otavaleño Kichwa is a large and populated city of the Imbabura province. The women's clothing is a knotted shawl, an embroidered white blouse, two superimposed woolen skirts, rolled at the waist with handmade ribbons. The men wear a shirt, white pants, a dark blue poncho, a hat and espadrilles.
CHACHI indigenous group
ResponderEliminarThe Chachi nationality is an indigenous ethnic group that lives in the northwestern jungle area of Esmeraldas on the north coast of Ecuador. The Chachi belong to the Barbacoan linguistic family who speak the Cha'palaa or Cha'palaachi language. Together with the Tsáchilas (with whom they are apparently related) and the Éperas, they are the only three pre-Hispanic Amerindian groups that have survived in the Ecuadorian coastal zone. According to the Chachi tradition, the geographical origin of this town is in the Sierra near Ibarra at a time close to the arrival of the Spanish who moved to what is now known as the old town, in the mountainous area where the upper reaches. from the Santiago river
Valdivia indigenous group
This culture - discovered in 1956 by the Guayaquil archaeologist Mr. Emilio Estrada - is considered the oldest in the American continent and its dating, verified through various carbon 14 studies, determines an extension between 4,500 and 2,000 years BC. That is to say, it lasted around 2,500 years, without for this reason this cold chronological data should be understood as a violent rupture or extinction, and rather it should speak of transformation and rebirth in other spaces.The Valdivia culture is the only one that until today Ecuador has as a representative of the Early Formative Period On the other hand, it is fully proven that as a culture, Valdivia is the ancestor of the Mayas, the Aztecs and the Incas
Kayambi indigenous group is a town of around 360 families located in a fertile valley,one hour and 60 cents by bus northeast of the city of Cayambe , within the canton of Cayambe.The valley that contains the city is located in the extreme northeast on the basin that contains Quito the capital of Ecuador.Named after the nearby third highest mountain in Ecuador the canton contains three urban and five urban and five rural parishes.La Chimba is in the parish of Olmedo formely known as Pesillo.The cultural history of the area is as rich as its beautiful Andean surrounding.1500 years ago in the days before the inka invasion the area that is now the Imbabura province and the northen part of the Pichincha province was populated by the Karanki and Kayambi peoples.
ResponderEliminarThe social organization of these towns did not have a central leader .The Pacha Mama or mother earth was part of their ethnic identify and they were an agricultural people .They grew corn quinoa,potatoes,yucca guinea pigs.
Kañari idigenuos group the Kañari people maintain a traditionalist economy based on agriculture and livestock.They use farms to grow their products which they use for selfconsumption and a small part is used provincial trade.
They raise sheep and pigs as well as guinea pigs and rabbits that are sold in markets and fairs.
Their diet includes flours grains and meat from dimestic animals for the holidays the preparation of guinea pig,potatoes,mote and chicha cannot be missed.
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Huaoraní Indigenous Group or Waoranis are an Amerindian people that live in the northwestern part of the Amazon, east of Ecuador. The Huaoranís are subdivided into twenty-two communities, of which twelve live in the province of Pastaza, including the Toñampare, Quenahueno, Tihueno, Quihuaro, Daimutaro, Zapino, Tigüino, Wamono, Shiripuno and Huahano.
ResponderEliminarShuar Indigenous Group has a presence between the two states: Ecuador and Peru. In our country it is located in the provinces of Morona Santiago, Pastaza and Zamora Chinchipe, with other settlements in Sucumbíos and Orellana in the Amazon and, in the Litoral Region, in Guayas and Esmeraldas.
Currently the Shuar claim a territory of 900688 ha. The area legalized so far is 718 220 ha, while 182468 ha are still without legal recognition.
According to estimates of the Shuar, its population is 110,000 inhabitants (1998), settled in approximately 668 communities.
Currently the State has declared in a part of its territory, the creation of the Sangay National Park,
territory that in a certain way is protected as well as the territories also located in the area of influence of the Podocarpus National Park and the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve.
Chibuleo indigenous group
ResponderEliminarIts population is approximately 12,000 inhabitants.
The Chibuleo Indigenous People are located in the central highlands of Ecuador, belonging to the Kichwa Peoples and Nationalities of Ecuador, south-west of the province of Tungurahua, Ambato canton, Juan Benigno Vela parish.
Approximately 95% of the population speaks the Kichwa language and Spanish as their second language.
The largest celebration is held in the month of January of each year with the Feast of the Caporales and that of the Magi and throughout the year it is held in honor of the Saints: San Francisco, San Isidro, San Pedro, St. Louis, etc.
Huancavilca indigenous groups.
ResponderEliminarThe Huancavilcas were a pre-Columbian culture from the coastal region of Ecuador that extended from Puná Island near Guayaquil to inland towards the south of the Guayas Province.
The current language of the Huancavilca People is Spanish.
However, the language of the Huancavilcas is not well documented and is considered an unclassified language. The Huancavilca people traditionally feed on yucca, banana, fish, hard corn, they eat chicha de maize, the green wash, and fruits typical of the place. Their original clothing was a deer leather pants, wide to the ankles, without shoes, toquilla straw hat, for men; a llama or rustling leather skirt, without shoes, for women.
The house of this town was a tall wooden construction; the roof was made of chonta, the walls of cane; Three families lived in it without any problem. In Huancavilca there are approximately 100,000 inhabitants in Ecuador.
Montuvio .
The origins of this people can be placed in the period of the Colony, that is, the time of the Spanish conquest, specifically from the crossing of the indigenous, the whites and the black African slaves. They developed and consolidated as a people between the years 1600 and 1800 and today they have their own identity, which has been spreading abroad. In their language they speak Spanish, but in such a peculiar way. The man's clothing wears a winged hat made of toquilla straw, a light-sleeved shirt long, buttoned up to the neck; Thick fabric trousers and a red scarf around the neck. The women wear wide skirts, also white, and a blouse up to the navel. Also their customs, the preferred activity of the Montubios is rodeo, so much so that they have a great and traditional festival that they celebrate once a year. Their culinary customs vary according to the time, the occasion and the provinces where they live. In Los Ríos and El Oro, for example, sea products predominate, while in Guayas and Manabí peanuts prevail. The products that most characterize their consumption are: rice, cassava, bananas and fruits; that they themselves sow.
colta indigenous Group.
ResponderEliminarThe Canton Colta is located in the South Pan-American Highway, just 18 km or 20 minutes from the city of Riobamba and 206 km from Quito, the Capital of Ecuador; Its irregular territory is located in the Hoyas de Chambo and part of the Chimbo basin, in the north-western part of the Province of Chimborazo, it has an area of 840 km2 and heights up to 3,100 meters above sea level. It has beautiful valleys, plateaus, hills and depressions that make up its territory where there are indigenous peoples with the largest population of indigenous Quichua, and mestizos dedicated to agriculture, livestock, commerce, crafts and tourism.
karanki indigenous Group.
The mother tongue of the Karanki people is Kichwa
Spanish is his second language
The Karanqui are located in the Sierra Norte, province of Imbabura
The nation is known by the name Caranquis, which refers to what are the manors that encompass this great nation
They adored the great elevations such as Cayambe, Cotacachi, Saraurco, Pichincha and Imbabura
The Karanki people live off agriculture, they grow wheat, barley, corn, potatoes and goose
This town uses natural plants in their daily lives to alleviate minor illnesses
There are midwives and healers and allopathic medicine is also used to cure serious diseases that are not under the domain of popular knowledge.
The mother tongue of the Karanki people is Kichwa
Spanish is his second language
The Karanqui are located in the Sierra Norte, province of Imbabura
The nation is known by the name Caranquis, which refers to what are the manors that encompass this great nation
They adored the great elevations such as Cayambe, Cotacachi, Saraurco, Pichincha and Imbabura
The Karanki people live off agriculture, they grow wheat, barley, corn, potatoes and goose
This town uses natural plants in their daily lives to alleviate minor illnesses
There are midwives and healers and allopathic medicine is also used to cure serious diseases that are not under the domain of popular knowledge.The mother tongue of the Karanki people is Kichwa
Spanish is his second language
The Karanqui are located in the Sierra Norte, province of Imbabura
The nation is known by the name Caranquis, which refers to what are the manors that encompass this great nation
They adored the great elevations such as Cayambe, Cotacachi, Saraurco, Pichincha and Imbabura
The Karanki people live off agriculture, they grow wheat, barley, corn, potatoes and goose
This town uses natural plants in their daily lives to alleviate minor illnesses
There are midwives and healers and allopathic medicine is also used to cure serious diseases that are not under the domain of popular knowledge.
Chibuleo indigenous group
ResponderEliminarChibuleo is an indigenous town that is located in the central highlands to the South-West of the province of Tungurahua. Its language is Kichwa, it is made up of 7 communities, its population is 12,000 inhabitants. The women wear a black cloth with embroidered edges, a white short-sleeved blouse, a black anaco with embroidered edges, a colored sash, a white hat. The men wear a red poncho with embroidered edges and two vertical stripes of colors, shirt and white pants. His typical dish is potatoes with guinea pig and fry.
Salasaca indigenous people
They are located in the province of Tungurahua, they speak Spanish and Quichua, their main economic activities are agriculture, livestock and crafts. The women's clothing is complemented by a white blouse that is embroidered with colored threads, the chumbi and a black cloth hat. The men wear a black poncho, white pants and shirt, and a black hat.
Salasaca indigenous people
ResponderEliminarThey are located in the province of Tungurahua, they speak Spanish and Quichua, their main economic activities are agriculture, livestock and crafts. The women's clothing is complemented by a white blouse that is embroidered with colored threads, the chumbi and a black cloth hat. The men wear a black poncho, white pants and shirt, and a black hat.
Kañari idigenuos group the Kañari people maintain a traditionalist economy based on agriculture and livestock.They use farms to grow their products which they use for selfconsumption and a small part is used provincial trade.
They raise sheep and pigs as well as guinea pigs and rabbits that are sold in markets and fairs.
Their diet includes flours grains and meat from dimestic animals for the holidays the preparation of guinea pig,potatoes,mote and chicha cannot be missed.
.Chibuleo indigenous people
ResponderEliminarThe women wear a black cloth with embroidered edges, a white short-sleeved blouse with embroidered edges on the back, a black anaco with embroidered edges, a colored sash (chumpi) at the waist, a white hat, two tupus, a huasca female, red coral earmuffs and gold metallic beads.
Salasac indigenous people
The customs and traditions of the people of the Salasaca culture are loaded with festivals and dance celebrations.
The Salasaca woman has different outfits according to the occasion; daily and festive. [1] As daily attire they use a blouse and black anaco that reaches approximately 2 centimeters below the knee, held with a sash that reflects an Andean worldview, one or two cloths or scarves that cover the entire back and hold in front with a tupo or bra, necklaces and earrings that are generally inherited from their ancestors and a white hat. The men wear white pants, white shirt, black or white poncho and white hat.
Huaoraní Indigenous Group or Waoranis are an Amerindian people that live in the northwestern part of the Amazon, east of Ecuador. The Huaoranís are subdivided into twenty-two communities, of which twelve live in the province of Pastaza, including the Toñampare, Quenahueno, Tihueno, Quihuaro, Daimutaro, Zapino, Tigüino, Wamono, Shiripuno and Huahano.
ResponderEliminarShuar Indigenous Group has a presence between the two states: Ecuador and Peru. In our country it is located in the provinces of Morona Santiago, Pastaza and Zamora Chinchipe, with other settlements in Sucumbíos and Orellana in the Amazon and, in the Litoral Region, in Guayas and Esmeraldas.
Currently the Shuar claim a territory of 900688 ha. The area legalized so far is 718 220 ha, while 182468 ha are still without legal recognition.
According to estimates of the Shuar, its population is 110,000 inhabitants (1998), settled in approximately 668 communities.
Currently the State has declared in a part of its territory, the creation of the Sangay National Park,
territory that in a certain way is protected as well as the territories also located in the area of influence of the Podocarpus National Park and the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve.
In Guatemala
ResponderEliminarMam and Quiche Mayan peoples in the western highlands and Q'eqchi communities in the Ixcan.
These communities work for the democratic construction of peace, sustainable integral development and social justice.
They pursue the positive recognition of the contribution of Indigenous Peoples, from their worldview values to the construction of society. And that they can do so through participation in conditions of equality in order to exercise their rights. This assumes that Indigenous Peoples and women are full citizens.
In Colombia
Kogui, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo Indigenous Peoples
The indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta consider their ancestral territory as their cultural and identity sustenance and not a mere resource. In the territory is inscribed the code that regulates the relationship of the subject with the body, nature, the community and the spiritual.
The traditional authorities interpret it to guide the communities in the fulfillment of their mission to maintain environmental balance and intercultural coexistence.
1 .- Kitu kara is a group of indigenous people, it is located in the northern Sierra of the Ecuadorian Andes, in the province of Pichincha in the cantons of Quito, Mejía, and Ruminñahui, its population is for 100,000 inhabitants, its language is Kichwa and Castilian, according to some studies, 40% of the territory occupied by this ethnic group is not legalized. The basic principles of these ethnic groups are: culture, religion, territorial society, among others. They are original inhabitants of the Pichincha region, in 2010 this tribe defined itself as a nation whose roots are kitu kara.
ResponderEliminar2.- Waranka is an indigenous town that is settled in the Guaranda canton, its language is Kichwa and Spanish. It has a population of approximately 67,748 inhabitants. The Warankas are generally bilingual, this town is in a process of construction, self-definition and recovery of its identity. It is located in the central part of the province of Bolívar, at an altitude of approximately 2500 m asl. Its gastronomy is typical foods such as: Chigüiles, Cuy con papas, etc. Their drinks are: Blue bird, Chicha de jora, its population represents 40% of the population of the Bolivar province. They are organized around 216 communities.