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Mind Map by Karen López Vargas, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Karen López Vargas
about 8 years ago
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TRADITIONS AND HOLIDAYS OF ECUADOR
- Cuenca Corpus Christi – First Half of June In Cuenca and the surrounding central Sierra, Corpus
Christi is a major festival. Religious processions make their way through the streets for a full week.
Candy plays a central role in this celebration, and you’ll see vendors with colorful piles of homemade
sweets lining the streets and the plazas.
- Cuenca Independence Day – November 3rd Like Guayaquil, Cuenca celebrates its own independence
day. This is a good festival for browsing art and souvenirs produced by locals at the many street
vendors that gather for the celebration.
- Guayaquil Foundation Day – July 25th On July 25th 1537, the famous Spanish Explorer Francisco de Orellana
founded the city of Guayaquil. It’s not known what existed here before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish
established it as an important port city, and Guayaquil continues to have the same role in Ecuador today.
Guayaquil Independence Day – October 9th On October 9th 1820, Guayaquil declared itself independent from
Spanish rule. This is the revolt that paved the way for the independence of Ecuador as a whole, declared in 1822.
Modern-day Guayaquileans mark the occasion with a huge parade.
- Guayaquil Foundation Day – July 25th On July 25th 1537, the famous Spanish Explorer Francisco de Orellana
founded the city of Guayaquil. It’s not known what existed here before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish
established it as an important port city, and Guayaquil continues to have the same role in Ecuador today.
Guayaquil Independence Day – October 9th On October 9th 1820, Guayaquil declared itself independent from
Spanish rule. This is the revolt that paved the way for the independence of Ecuador as a whole, declared in 1822.
Modern-day Guayaquileans mark the occasion with a huge parade.
- Cuenca Independence Day – November 3rd Like Guayaquil, Cuenca celebrates its own independence
day. This is a good festival for browsing art and souvenirs produced by locals at the many street
vendors that gather for the celebration.
- La Virgen de la Merced Festival – September 23rd and 24th This festival revolves around a statue of
Mama Negra, an African-American depiction of the Virgin Mary. Locals parade the statue down the
street in the midst of loud, percussive music. While the statue has taken on a Catholic identity, she is
said to have cultural ties to female African deities. This festival has roots in Afro-Ecuadorian culture,
as well as indigenous Ayamara traditions.
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