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ECUADOR
- Holidays
- Mostly celebrate historic events and religions festivals
- New Year's
- On dicember 31
- Ecuadorians celebrate with the "años viejos".
- These are built with paper - wood - old clothes, etc.
- When the yaer finish, they are burned.
- Is a day when people enjoy and spend time with friends.
- At 12 people get a hug to stor a new day.
- Day of the Dead
- On november 2
- is a time to celebrate one's dead ancestors
- The families wear black clothes - carry a meal to the
cementery
- Traditional meal
- Guagua de pan and Colada
Morada
- Spend the day visiting the cementery - laying
flowers
- Families prepare an special food and eat with their
ancestors
- Carnaval
- In february or March
- Ecuador has a very unique version
- Some Ecuadorians don't agree
- They celebrate it throwing balloons filledwith water, bags filled with
flour
- Before Carnival lots of people sell these water weapons in every part of the
country
- Most children and teenagers love it!
- Traditions
- Ambato's Fruit and Flower Festival
- Is a spiritual spring with its own fruits -
flower
- Begins with a proclamation by educational institutions neighborhood
committes
- This followed by the election of the city's Festival
Queen
- "The Corzo and the Ronda Nocturna" are the synthesis of what the work, happines and high altruism of these people mean
- Each neigborhood in the city organizes traditional
festivals.
- Mama Negra Festival
- 10th of november
- Is held in honor of Latacunga's independence celebrations
- The main characters of this traditional representation in the
folklore
- The principal members are: moorish King, the Angel of the Star, the Sergeant , the Capitan of the
Guard
- Manuelita Baltazara is a doll that represent the daughter is a symbol of unity and
brotherhood
- these are a lot of orchestral groups, musical bands, etc
- Diablada Pillareña
- January 15 - 16th
- Its surroundings to the city's central
park
- Accompanied by popular band and fireworks the devils frighten the curious
public
- The genvine, masks of the "diablos de Pillaro" are made of gived paper with teeth and
horns
- The devils also use capes and wigs
- The main figures are Cabecilla - Capariche - Guarichas -
Lineas