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Ecuador: Christmastime for the Saraguro

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 @ 02:02 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Ecuador
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Indigenous
Languages:: Spanish

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Ecuador: La Navidad de los Saraguro...

Angel Gualan provides descriptions on how the indigenous group of the Saraguros celebrate Christmas in the Loja region of Ecuador [es]. Much of it sits on the shoulders of the “Marcantaitas” who are the “owners” of the feast and makes sure everything turns out fine.

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