CARNIVAL  IN ECUADOR

In Ecuador the most representative carnivals are those of Guaranda and Flowers and Fruit of Ambato, it should be emphasized that all inter-area Canari carnival, where a mythical character called the "Tayta Carnaval", which is displayed is celebrated master of the party, currently charges enhancement carnivals of Azuay Gualaceo and Paute cantons that are organized around the riverbanks Santa Barbara and Paute, which ranks first the interest of a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

Carnival is the culmination of the agricultural cycle and the opening of another. In the Andean region, for example, it is a community festival that strengthens the sense of organization. The Carnival of the mestizos, in contrast to the indigenous rituals, complete with the beginning of Lent. In any case, the validity of ritual Carnival has a popular sentiment, but on various visible manifestations in areas, says Sandoval.

In the first case this event is linked to agricultural practices, cooperative work, the relationship with the land and religion is expressed to those items. It also links with the singing carnival and fasting.

While in the city there is a devotion to the Child Jesus and the masses multiply on the eve of Carnival, so the call is secured priostazgo also singing the songs and play with dust and water is conserved.

Finally the expert notes that, despite everything, Carnival has the power to bind or fetter peoples. It does so through three common elements: food, water and couplets.

Water Purifying

Water management appears from Mexico to Chile. Furthermore, in the Andean cultures water is life, the blood of the earth.

Then, play carnival, without exaggeration, has a sense of approaching the opposite sex, especially in adolescence. And that is projected to affirm the temperament, the image of the man-woman-family.

For one example: in Cacha (Chimborazo) young people gather and ask permission from the elders of the community to come out and play carnival. Begins a procession in search of single; in chaquiñanes drumming, the rondin, the pole ... Then comes the drink.

Food is Social

On the feast of Carnival food it is key, because generosity is everywhere. Not surprisingly it is a ceremony to restore community ties.

In some villages in the mountains it get used to the Jucho (a wash cornstarch or cornmeal, capulí, pepper and cinnamon) and sweet figs with black grated panela.

Entrees are usually fry with corn and plantain, guinea pigs or rabbits with potatoes and peanut sarza sambo or nugget, the stew with the sacrifice of pigs.

While in the villages of the Costa tasted the dishes are made with fish (encocado, for example).

Fish Encocado

INGREDIENTS

pounds fish

 cloves garlic

 heads of onion paiteña

can coconut milk

 large lemonspepper, cumin to taste salt, and

PREPARATION

Clean the fish thoroughly, then skip it and put lemon marinate for half an hour.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet to rehash and mix with coconut milk until thickened, then add the fish and cover until cooked Add more coconut milk.

Serve with fried plantains and white rice.

The songs and humor

Speaking of the songs can feel a sense of belonging to their place of origin, through an emotional relationship, largely has been affirmed from Carnival.

Then, in the carnival songs develop a different and unique way of telling the history of the community. This establishes a double opposition between orality and writing and between the official and the carnival (popular).

The testimonial form of couplets appears as a struggle against the intended homogenization of literacy. Further notes the rebellious, traditional character of the songs.

The songs

sing carnival

since God has given life,

Lest that another year

and we touch the game.

COPLA Guamote

Take chicha María

that's why I had it made;

to drink together,

in-laws, husband and wife.

COPLA CHIMBORAZO

My wife and was angry,

if you feel the corridor;

I say, little woman

out of you I have two

Couplet GUARANDA

Carnival already dead

already they are buried;

waxes four sperm

the sea.

Couplet GUARANDA

lady home owner

patojo kill that chicken;

poor carnavalero

let him not die craving.

Couplet GUARANDA

The day I die

I bury guitar;

in case he offered me

taita spree with God again.

COPLA COTOPAXI

Carnival supposedly came

Sunday after Mass

Carnival supposedly gone

Ash Wednesday.

COPLA CHIMBORAZO

Ash Wednesday

We took a hawk;

and we took buche

the priest and the sacristan.

Origins of Carnival

Today's celebration of Carnival is the most representative festival of Ecuadorian culture; and we must preserve traditions to keep the richness of this beautiful culture.

The origins of Carnival date back to the times of Ancient Sumeria more than five thousand years ago, and were transmitted to the Egyptians, Greeks and the Roman Empire to Europe through pagan rituals. He was known as "The Bacchanalia" where everyone shared as equals with the slaves.

The church stopped debauchery of Carnival and transformed it into a ritual of celebration, food and celebration before Lent. It was introduced in America by Spanish and Portuguese sailors Christian tradition in medieval colonization in the fifteenth century, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. It was customary to dress up and make jokes and derision boast unable to distinguish social classes masks.

In Latin highlight the mystical pre-Columbian indigenous elements from the merger of native peoples of America and the European culture, which remain caravans, floats, parades of costumes, masks, confetti, music, water, break ... but represented with different characteristics.

There were civilizations traditions, cults and related to nature, the lunar cycle, agronomy and their gods rituals. Therefore the arrival of spring in the second moon of each year surrendered thanks to Pachacámac (supreme god) for fertility and soil productivity, and all the tribes together were a tribute to the Cacique Huaranga. For three days they liked to dance and sing, transformed their faces with paint, were dressed in animal skins, he liked to drink much beer, eat well and celebrate with music and instruments ritual.

In the contemporary age was the patron who received offerings of its workers, known as "Camari". Then came the Taita Carnaval, Carnival today; here he gives chicha and liquor to the Indians, it is a celebration bygone era of equality and sharing. Even elements of the old carnival continue, related to astronomical phenomena spiritual and natural cycles; masking, dances, songs, music and water.

HISTORY

The carnival in Colombia are of European origin, were introduced by the Spanish and Portuguese. Barranquilla have the next record in the celebration that took place in Cartagena de Indias, in colonial times as slaves party. The more attractive and colorful festival is undoubtedly that of Barranquilla. However, historical records show that in the eighteenth century and were called carnival festivities and days of meat not only in the city of Cartagena and the town of Mompox, but in towns like Magangué and elsewhere along the Magdalena River in plain stretch of Caribbean.

The documents would note the early existence of a carnestoléndica area and also the lines of its evolution in Colombia, Barranquilla show that the confluence of traditions of European, African and indigenous origin. Although urban Barranquilla Carnival officially began in 1876, there were celebrations for years before and since then had to reflect migration patterns from rural areas, punctuated by opportunities for the city in formation. You can then speak of rural routes Carnival pulled from various places in the area to larger towns or cities. This applies to the dances of black, of Indian dances and some components of the current wildlife Barranquilla carnival are still valid in rural sites. But just as there are events, dances and costumes characteristic of a place or region that have not been captured in the Carnival of Barranquilla, although at one time or another had traveled the geographical route that leads to the city tradition . There is also February, another of much significance, importance and antiquity: that of blacks and whites in the city of Pasto, capital of Nariño. The town lies at the foot of the Galeras volcano in southwestern Colombia and near the border with Ecuador. Its inhabitants (pastenses or pastusos, better known by the latter adjective) are attributed similar to those of Lepe jokes. But also they take a joke and not angry.

 

The carnival in Colombia are of European origin, were introduced by the Spanish and Portuguese.

Barranquilla have the next record in the celebration that took place in Cartagena de Indias, in colonial times as slaves party. The more attractive and colorful festival is undoubtedly the Banrranquilla. There is also February, another much significance, importance and antiquity: that of blacks and whites in the city of Pasto, capital of Nariño.

 The town lies at the foot of the Galeras volcano in southwestern Colombia and near the border with Ecuador.

Its inhabitants (pastenses or pastusos, better known by the latter adjective) are attributed similar to those of Lepe jokes. But also they take a joke and not angry.

Pasto was founded in 1539 by Lorenzo de Aldana Spanish and initially carried the name of Villaviciosa.

CARNIVAL IN COLOMBIA

Carnival the Barranquilla

 Declared a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, the carnival is one of the biggest parties who live in Colombia. Held in February-four days before Ash Wednesday, the meeting brings hundreds of tourists around the world who come to the city to experience the colorful one of the largest cultural celebrations in the Caribbean.

 Blacks and Whites' Carnival

 Carnival is a beautiful celebration that pays tribute to mestizaje and multiculturalism with a multicolored dance party making the Nariño during the first days of January each year. Flour and black paint flooding the streets of San Juan de Pasto, the festival is the most important meeting of southern Colombia.

 Feria de Cali

 Laferia sauce full of flavor and the capital of Valle del Cauca between 25 and 30 December. With parades, concerts and bullfights, Cali receives hundreds of tourists from around the world who come to enjoy the best of vallecaucano heat.

 Folk Festival and National Reign of Bambuco

 popularly known as "Fiestas de San Pedro", this meeting meets at the end of June to much of the country in Neiva, capital of Huila. The event hosts a lot of traditional signs of the region and the Folk Festival and National Reign of Bambuco.

 Manizales Fair

 The fair becomes one of the first stops Colombian and foreign tourists visiting the region for the first day of the year. Among its attractions are the International Coffee Pageant, America's oldest bullfighting, traditional -fondas arrierías tribute to the peoples of Caldas, craft shows, parades and musical performances.

 Flower Fair Medellin

 The festival is the premier annual event which hosts the capital of Antioquia in early August. The meeting offers the tourist a large selection of typical events such as the National Horse Fair National Festival Orchestra, National Trova Festival, Festival of Remembrance and the Popular Song, Sound on Wheels Championship, among others. The traditional parade of silleteros is one of the core activities.

 Fiestas de San Pacho

 The festivities of Quibdo, Choco department, pay homage to St. Francis of Assisi in September and October in a celebration of blacks through their culinary, musical and dance expressions.

 They also highlight the colorful Carnival of the Devil in Riosucio, Caldas; the Wayúu Culture Festival in La Guajira, exalting the indigenous traditions of the region; and Green Moon Festival in San Andrés, an event of music and food in the Colombian Caribbean.

TEACHER'S DAY

On April 13, 1920, President Vaquerizo Moreno declared this date as the "Day of the Ecuadorian Master" in honor of celebrities with their actions that title was won, and that through history left its legacy, Juan Montalvo Federico Gonzales Suarez, Luis Felipe Borja and others who without being in history still remain in the memory of many of his students.

Being a teacher is not an easy job, a lot of effort, patience, dedication, commitment and responsibility to educate, train and guide are needed, and to achieve this, in addition to the help of teachers needs of parents and help them students. The classroom is not the only physical space that allows the teacher to pour into the soul and mind of children and youth, knowledge, teachings and values.

The work of the teacher encourages the development of skills, abilities and aptitudes of the learner that affect the formation of the Ecuadorian citizen. The teacher is also forming consciences, it is social promoter, is an actor who invites his example self-improvement and solidarity. Fighting ignorance and brings elements that diminish the educational backwardness of our country.

Each teacher, urban or rural; primary and secondary higher education or half and humanism faced with the task itself has been imposed and that the nation has entrusted to him.

This day we honor the distinguished work of Ecuadorian teacher. A prominent figure of the maestro Juan Montalvo Ambato Fiallos, who was born on April 13, 1832. Enlightened thinker who gave luster to the motherland and great defender of democracy culture. On this memorable day tribute of respect and gratitude to all those who exercise the ministry of education surrenders.

Matching three Masters: Federico González Suárez (born April 12, 1844), and Luis Felipe Borja (born in 1845 and died on April 13, 1912): With Juan Montalvo other two illustrious Ecuadorian teachers devoted themselves.

Good colleagues day, the day is at the teacher so the prof Sara Borges wants to share the hymn of gratitude to the teacher and at the same time makes us an invitation for a new anthem Teacher's Day, I invite you to participate to create a new hymn to the teacher in his day.

Hymn of gratitude to Master

Letter: Pablo Vela Hanníbal

Music: Enrique Espín Yépez

Chorus

Gratitude to Master, enlightening

our life and full of stars;

Homeland gratitude that in them,

see another sky, in the words of light.

Gratitude of the Fatherland, who knows

what the Master suffers and toils,

against the young, the voice of the morning;

with the child, innocence and virtue.

Children all, love your classrooms,

Teacher lesson and example;

because in them there is also a temple,

the country built in his honor.

Gratitude: Soul Flower! Perfume,

that chest embalmed life;

nothing can ingrate who forgets,

who opened the windows to the sun.

Alone

Oh Master you are in the Chair

from your lips want the aurora;

your word is the light that emerges

and dawns in the summits of good!

Nobody wants laurels of glory,

if chest mud missing

noblest and highest greatness:

Gratitude who made a laurel.

Food

For the base

4 cups flour

1/4 cup cold water

250 g butter

1 pinch of salt

1 egg

For the filling

tablespoons flour

3 tablespoons butter into small cubes

8 pieces of apple slices peeled

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 pinch ground nutmeg

3/4 cup white sugar

For the base

1. Preheat oven to 180 ° C.

2. Cut the butter into small cubes. Sift the flour before measuring and forms with it a volcano. Place in the center the butter, egg, cold water and a pinch of salt. It incorporates all the ingredients with your fingertips starting at the center, without overworking the mix. Form a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for an hour.

3. Knead the basis for pay, reserve half and extend the rest in a pie pan. Stings a little dough with a fork to not rise during cooking.

For the filling

1. Place the apples in a bowl and combine with the sugar, two tablespoons flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir well.

2. When ready, place the pan on the dough. Put the pieces of butter.

3. Spread the remaining dough and cut into thin strips. Woven arrange them over the apples. Fold the edges and sprinkle with sugar.

4. Bake for 30 minutes or until it looks cooked and lightly browned.

Being a teacher is to help others achieve knowledge and always be next to students when they are in trouble. Thank you for being my teacher. Happy teacher's Day!

I found support, friendship, discipline and love. All in one person. And that person is you, my dear professor. Happy day!

Dear teacher, you taught us to love books, discovered the mysteries that lurked between numbers; Dear teacher, you taught us to persevere and fight to achieve our dreams. On this day just I want to tell 'THANKS !!! for having guided on the right path.

History

While some attribute the celebration of Mother's Day to a marketing and commercial strategy, the reality is that its origin was a very different sense.

The celebrations for Mother's Day began in ancient Greece, in the festivities in honor of Rhea, the mother of Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto.

The origin of the current Mother's Day dates back to the seventeenth century England. At that time, due to poverty, a way of working was used in large houses or palaces, where food and shelter are also given.

One Sunday of the year, called "Sunday of the Mother", servants and employees were given the day off to come and visit their mothers, and were allowed to bake a cake (known as "pie mothers') for take it as a gift.

This celebration was developed collectively in forests and grasslands.

Although some English colonists in America preserved the tradition of British Mothering Sunday in the United States the first public celebration of Mother's Day was held in the autumn of 1872, in Boston, on the initiative of the writer Julia Ward Howe (creator of "Hymn to the republic"). He organized a peaceful demonstration and a religious celebration, inviting all mothers who were victims of war give their children to the military.

After several Bostonians parties organized by Ward Howe, peace that Mother's Day was forgotten. It was not until the spring of 1907, in Grafton, West Virginia, when he was reinstated with new force the Mother's Day in the United States, with Ana Jarvis, a housewife, who began a nationwide campaign to establish a day dedicated entirely to American mothers.

In memory of a mother

After the death of his mother in 1905, Jarvis decided to write to teachers, religious, politicians, lawyers and other personalities to support it in its project to celebrate Mother's Day, the anniversary of the death of his own progenitor, the second Sunday of May.

He had many answers, and in 1910 this date was already held in most of the United States.

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation of Mother's Day as a national holiday, which was to be held the second Sunday of May.

The first official celebration took place one day on May 10, so this day was adopted by many other countries as the date of "Mother's Day".

In Mexico, the Aztecs and honored motherhood

A mother of Huitzilopochtli

Honoring motherhood was also characteristic of cultures that populated Mesoamerica before the Conquest. One of them, the Aztec, worshiped the mother of his god Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui goddess or Maztli, which was represented as the moon.

Mythology has it that during the creation of the world was killed at the hands of the stars, jealous, took his life to not give birth to her son Huitzilopochtli, who represented the sun, however, this itself could be born, she is beating the darkness.

The Indians surrendered special tribute dedicated to this goddess and her beautiful sculptures in gold and silver, which not only reveal profound artistic sense but such great importance they accorded to motherhood.

The pilgrimage to Tepeyac

The most representative of these rituals was held in mid-spring, on the hill of Tepeyac, in order to honor the mother of the gods, Tonantzin, whose name means "our venerable mother".

The festivities motherhood among the Aztecs were sacred character. Pilgrimage from different points of ancient Mexico to honor Tonatzin, was an act of cosmic communion and a recognition ceremony to the mother.

Tonatzin, as the historian Bibiana Duenas says, "was" Little Mother "and was to attribute greater life; she gave. Hence its importance and its greatest strength. It was the lifeblood of the blood and, therefore, also war and death were his attributes. " At parties he is invoked as "mother of the gods, faces and human hearts." Tonatzin appeared many times, they say, like a lady elegantly dressed in white; night shouting and hawking.

They also have a cot bringing in tow, as one who brings his son in it; I went to the market and settled among the other women; later he disappeared, leaving the cradle out there. When the other women warned the crib was forgotten, they peeked her and found a flint, with which sacrifices were made in his honor.

In Ecuador:

In Ecuador is celebrated Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May each year.

In Brazil

In Brazil, the first commemoration would go back to May 12, 1918 in Porto Alegre, and was organized by Associação Cristã of Moços.18

In 1932, then president Getulio Vargas, at the request of the Brazilian Federation of Feminist Women for Progress, officiated as the date for holding the second Sunday in May throughout the country. The initiative was part of the strategy feminists seeking to assess the importance of women in society, encouraged by the prospects that opened after winning the right to vote in February of the same year. In 1947, Cardinal Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Jaime de Barros Câmara determined that this date will also be part of the official calendar of the Church Católica.18

In Italy

In Italy, his birth would go back to the 1950s for commercial and religious reasons. Thus, in 1956 the senator and mayor of Bordighera Raul Zaccari with the president of the Festival of Flowers and Ornamental Plant Bordighera-Vallecrosia Giacomo Pallanca decided to celebrate Mother's Day in Bordighera the second Sunday in May 1956 in the Zeni theater; subsequently, the party took place on the Palazzo del Parco. On the other hand, the following year the parish priest of Tordibetto di Assisi Otello Migliosi devised a celebration on May 12, 1957, but not to celebrate mothers in their social and biological quality, but its great religious, Christian and interreligious value, and as a land of encounter and dialogue between different culturas.19 20

On December 18, 1958 was presented to the Senate a bill aimed at ensuring the creation Madre21 Day which caused rejection in some sectors parlamentarios.22 The celebration gradually expanded throughout Italy, and for about forty years always fell 8 of May; only since 2000 it has become a moveable feast, celebrated on the second Sunday of May as in many other countries around the world.

In Mexico

In Mexico, Mother's Day is celebrated annually on May 10, without following days of the week as other countries. This day would be celebrated for the first time in 1911, but it was not until 1922 when it would have institutionalized the initiative of the director of Excelsior Rafael Alducín, probably influenced by the Secretary of Education José Vasconcelos, although it is suggested that "this initiative was actually a reaction to a feminist movement "yucatanense.23

Mother's Day has become an important date in the country and generated an impact on Mexican culture; The celebration includes support of various State agencies, also including some religious connotation to link up with tributes to the Virgin of Guadalupe in some poblados.24

In Panama:

In Panama Mother's Day is celebrated on December 8, the only country in the world that celebrates on this date. It is also a holiday, throughout the Republic.

In Venezuela:

In Venezuela it is celebrated Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May

In Peru:

Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May each year is celebrated.

In Chile:

the second Sunday of May each year is celebrated. However and officially, it is on May 10.

BLESSED MOTHER

It has pale and quiet street,

a holy look on his pupil

and lips the sap of love;

who is she, so noble and selfless,

that speaks of love in his eyes

and that no one cares fervently ?.

Is the mother, the holy, blessed,

that the footboard we muses

a sweet prayer;

which provides everything for their child,

which fills us with undying affection

and it gives us heart.

He has pale and beautiful face

as if it were a Goddess of Heaven

full of blessing;

she gives us health with a hug,

if we suffer heals us on his lap

the greatest pain.

It is the mother, the holy, the weeping,

the true cry that devours

her maternal breast;

the covering with kisses our brow,

which it is always the same.

Blessed are those who go through life,

and we have it to the dear

devoted mother who gave us being.

Let us raise a hymn to his greatness,

let us love her with all the firmness,

to feel pleasure.

We sing to the mother in this day;

I I have the sweet, which is mine,

I bless you with intimate fervor;

those who weep forever dead,

go from heaven to the glorious door

that is close to God.

Blessed mothers who desire wordy,

They gave life for the child

which was their worship ...!

Blessed Mother gave me your love,

and keep me in your arms you put me

your eternal blessing ...!

Phrase

"A mother is able to give everything without receiving anything. To love with all your heart without expecting anything in return. Investing everything in a project without measuring profitability contribution that investment. A mother still has confidence in their children when everyone else lost. Thank you for being my mother"

Crafts

Curried chicken salad with fruits and vegetables

And here another delicious chicken alternative: a salad of chicken curry combined with fruits and vegetables. Sounds great, does not it? It is a complete recipe, which will leave the taste buds happy mom and best of all it is made with nutritious and healthy ingredients.

May 24 Battle of Pichincha Summary

The Battle of May 24. THE BATTLE OF PICHINCHA May 24, 1822

It was the battle of liberation from Spanish rule. A historic moment for the republic of Ecuador. History points to Marshal Antonio Jose de Sucre as the great manager of the Battle of Pichincha that gave way to a process of independence that materialize after the August 10 Independence of Ecuador.

After the release of Guayaquil on October 9, 1820, the country enters a deep overhaul of its identity and after two failed attempts to free themselves from oppression, the great battle occurs on the slopes of Pichincha volcano, hence history remembers that episode as the Battle of Pichincha.

It was in 1822, where Sucre decides to face the Spanish troops with 1,700 men over the days became 3000 thanks to San Martin.

The big day was coming, it was the early morning of May 23 when troops silently run the Pichincha to plan what would be the battle of freedom and triumph.

After setbacks and hours of waiting, on May 24 the battle under a blazing sun occurs. Despite the casualties, the victorious soldiers were climbing the summit of the volcano. Once at the top exlamaron victory and thus one of the most memorable in the history of Ecuador devoted days.

May 24 is considered a civic date of the heroes who gave their lives for freedom. With the Battle of Pichincha, Ecuador political independence that marked the beginning of the Republican and independent life of Ecuador was sealed.

On May 25, Sucre entered with his army to Quito where he announced the surrender of the establecidad Spanish troops in the territory that the government of Colombia called "Department of Quito", considering it as an integral part of the Republic of Colombia since its inception, the December 17, 1819.

Summary of the Battle of Pichincha. May 24, 1822. Brought to you by the blog of the Independence of Ecuador.

The Capitulation of Pichincha

The capitulation of the Battle of Pichincha, oil on canvas by Antonio Salas.

At noon under a blazing sun, the soldiers of freedom on top of Pichincha over 3000 meters high gave the cry of victory. The victory was of Sucre, which was completed with the capitulation that the patriotic head granted to Marshal Aymerich the 25 May of the same year.

The fort of El Panecillo served as command post of the Spaniards, who even fired artillery against the Patriots, who had risen skirt the nearby Pichincha volcano. Being defeated, the Spaniards took refuge in the fortín.21 Sucre, to avoid the bloody assault on the emblematic hill, he sent an emissary to Aymerich to capitulate, which the Spanish captain general accepted.

According to the minutes of Capitulation of 25 May 1822.22 Spaniards at 14:00 that day, they hauled down their flag and surrendered their weapons to the Army of the Great Colombia, in a special ceremony on a bridge colonial fort. Thus, at the top of Panecillo the final act of the Spanish Empire in Ecuador took place.

The strength allowed to watch the north and south, so it was equipped with cannons. Falling the strong hands of the Liberation Army of Greater Colombia, 1822 were taken to the Spanish artillería.21 fourteen pieces of

With the operations whose final actions took place on the slopes of Pichincha and the city of Quito, Sucre decided to its favor the vacillating and delicate situation of Guayaquil; He gave freedom to the territory that conforms the Republic of Ecuador today, and facilitated his incorporation to the Great Colombia.

On June 18 of that year, Bolivar would amount to major general and appointed him mayor of the department of Quito. That day, during the triumphal entry of the Liberator to Independence Square Quito, a woman thrown from his balcony a laurel wreath to the face, which strongly attracts the attention of Bolivar. This woman was Manuela Saenz, who also participated in the struggles for independence and would be named coronela by Bolivar, who became his lover and called "The Liberator of the Liberator".

Leading destinations Ecuador develops a positive work of progress: founded the Court of Cuenca and Quito the first republican newspaper of the time: The Monitor. Installs in that city the Economic Society. Of his personal activity it is good test that on September 6, 1822 issued and signed in Quito 52 communications. Interested in education can state that found in Cuenca 7 schools and left 20.

The Temple of the Homeland and Memorials 

On the slopes of Mount Pichincha where the fighting took place, it was built in 1922 a memorial obelisk of the centenary of the Battle. The Obelisk, located in an Andean hamlet 3000 meters high, remember the names of the patriots commanders and also has a plaque dedicated to the value of Spanish soldier.

In the 70s of the twentieth century, the military dictatorship that ruled Ecuador decided to build a monument on the site of greater proportions than the original modest obelisk.

On the site he stood the so-called "Temple of the Fatherland" reinforced concrete structure with several rooms dug into the mountain. The Temple of the Fatherland, visible from several parts of the city of Quito, is decorated on the outside with a tower and a mural mosaic Eduardo Kingman, evoking the various episodes of the struggle for independence of Ecuador, from Eugenio Espejo times, through the Ten of August.

The temple has several rooms where you can see some ancient weapons, which, although they are not mostly from 1822, are the mid and late nineteenth century. Another room shows the costumes of all presidential guards and honor of South America, and a diorama that tracks incidents of the Battle of Pichincha.

In two rooms statues are bronze of Simon Bolivar and Mariscal Antonio Jose de Sucre, as well as a symbolic tribute to the Ecuadorian heroine Manuela Sáenz, lover of Bolivar, although not involved in combat, is buried symbolically in place . Another room contains the remains of an unknown soldier.

The Temple of the Nation as a whole integrates the ancient obelisk of 1922 and allows a panoramic view of the historic center of Quito.

In the Historic Center, the Monument to the Heroes Ignotos Pichincha, a column with a bronze condor in the walk "May 24" also built at the foot of the mountain on the occasion of the centenary of the battle rises.

CHORUS

Always together, always together

  by Pichincha, our Ecuador!

  Always together, always together

   by the people and for freedom !.

                       I

Horizons heroic jiggle

  your source of white maize,

  in the sun suntanned your destination

  and cry of liberation.

  Pichincha gave you his bravery,

  of his fire your name was born

   to be in time and glory

  Holocaust and immortal presence.

                  II

Not Shyris live on your knees,

our logo is to fight and win,

  the greatness of the people is forged

  If claims us again Homeland

  achieve victory in battle,

starting again history

  We change the future for you.

                  III

Quito, Santo Domingo and Cayambe,

  Rumiñahui, Moncayo and Mejia

  Sun flags are flaming in

the mast of our brotherhood.

  We continue fighting without truce,

  that the work has no end

  and perennial tea lights made

the path of dignity.

Independence Day of the United States

 In the spring of 1775, after more than a decade of agitation against British policies and the first battles of the War of Independence, the 13 American colonies sent representatives to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. After much debate about severing ties with Britain, representatives voted unanimously for independence on July 2, 1776.

The next day, in a letter to his wife, the representative of Massachusetts, John Adams, he said the date "should be solemn with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one to another ends of this continent henceforth and forever. "

Thus, two days after his important vote, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence (see picture) and sent copies to the entire country. The statement was dated July 4, that the new nation adopted as Independence Day. Adams was right about how the American people would celebrate. Even when the new country was struggling to make independence a reality, July 4 was quickly marked by parades, concerts, food and fireworks.

The big "truths" as the Declaration of Independence are: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights are instituted among men governments, deriving their just consent of the governed powers, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these is done, the people have the right to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government which it is based on such principles and organizing its powers in a way that it shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

The Independence Day of the United States (Independence Day or The Fourth of July) is the national holiday celebrated on July 4 in the United States. It was conducted in 1776. This day marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 in which the country proclaimed its formal separation from the British Empire. It is usually celebrated with many outdoor activities such as parades, baseball games and fireworks. It is the traditional date of several motorsports, including the Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona, the Grand Prix of Cleveland Champ Car and the Watkins Glen Grand Prix IndyCar Series series.

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent of Great Bretaña.1 2 After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a committee of five, with Thomas Jefferson as its author principal. Congress debated and revised the text of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:

The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable in the history of American time. I tend to believe that will be celebrated by the descendants generations. It should be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It must be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, campaigns, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to another, from now on forever.

Adams prediction failed for two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date on the Declaration of Independence. More than 2 July, is celebrated on the date of the resolution of independence when it was approved in a closed session of Congress.

Historians have debated much whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, although Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin later confirmed in writing that he had signed that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, not July 4, as is believed comúnmente.3 4 5 6 7

Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence that would become President of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. Although not one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became president, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third consecutive president who died in the party. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, it is the only US president born on Independence Day

Customs 

1825 An invitation to an Independence Day celebration

Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C.

Independence Day is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays. Similar to other summer festivals, celebrations of Independence Day often take place outdoors. Independence Day is a federal holiday, so all non-essential federal institutions (like the postal service and federal courts) are closed on that day. Many politicians use this day to appear at a public event and praise heritage, laws, history, society and the people of the nation.

Families celebrate Independence Day by hosting or attending a picnic and take advantage of the day off. In some years it falls as long weekend and uses the time to reconnect with relatives. Decorations (eg balloons, flags and clothing) are generally colored red, white and blue, the colors of the American flag. The parades usually occur in the morning, while fireworks occur in the evening or at night in places like parks, amusement parks, beaches or places

Before the night before July 4 taking the focal point of the celebrations, often starting the celebrations with an evening campfire. In New England, cities competed to build towering pyramids, assembled from barrels and barrels. These were lit at nightfall, to give way to the celebration. The highest is in Salem, Massachusetts (in Gallows Hill, the famous site of the execution of 13 women and 6 men for witchcraft in 1692 during the Salem witch trials, where the tradition of the bonfires in celebration had persisted), integrated forty barrels levels; these fires are the highest ever recorded. The practice flourished in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and is still practiced in some towns in New Inglaterra.8

Fireworks Independence Day are accompanied by patriotic songs such as the national anthem "Star-Spangled Banner", "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "Stars and Stripes Forever "and, regionally," Yankee Doodle "in northeastern states and" Dixie "in southern states. Some of the lyrics recall images of the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812.

Fireworks displays are held in many states, and many fireworks are sold for personal use or as an alternative to a public show. Safety concerns have led some states to ban fireworks or limit the sizes and types allowed. Illegal sale transfers many fireworks from less restrictive states.

A gun salute for each state of the United States, called a "salute to the union" is given on Independence Day at noon by any military base with facilities necesarias.9

In 2009, the city of New York had the most spectacular fireworks in the country, with more than 22 tons of pirotecnia.10 Other main screens are in Chicago on Lake Michigan; in San Diego on Mission Bay; Charles River in Boston; St. Louis on the Mississippi River; in San Francisco on the San Francisco Bay; and the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

While the official observance always falls on July 4, levels of participation may vary by day of the week in which the number falls. If the holiday falls in the middle of the week, some fireworks and celebrations can take place during the weekend for convenience, again, which vary by region. The first week of July is typically one of the most intense periods of American trip of the year, as many people use the holidays for extended trips.

Yankee Doodle:

Yankee Doodle went to town,

A-Riding on a pony;

He stuck a feather in his hat,

And called it macaroni*.

Yankee Doodle, keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy;

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy!

Father and I went down to camp

Along with Captain Gooding

And there we saw the men and boys

As thick as hasty pudding.

Yankee Doodle, keep it up

Yankee Doodle dandy

Mind the music and the step

And with the girls be handy

There was Captain Washington

Upon a slapping stallion

A-giving orders to his men

I guess there was a million.

Yankee Doodle, keep it up

Yankee Doodle dandy

Mind the music and the step

And with the girls be handy

Labor Day holiday of descanso.- Ecuador In Ecuador as with many other countries, political movements and workers made peaceful marches on May carrying banners allusive to date.

On this date not all rest or attend marches, as many jobs can not be suspended for being vital to the functioning of society, others prefer not rest as sustenance earn it every day a day without work affect their fragile economy, something very common in poor countries called third world.

HISTORY OF LABOR RIGHTS WORKER ECUATORIANO

The first nuclei of working class in Ecuador appear only in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. But their precarious situation reminded the workers of the central capitalist countries. And in Ecuador they began the struggle for better wages, reducing hours and conquer minimum labor rights.

To mark the centenary of the First Cry of Independence, August 10, 1909 the First Congress was held Ecuadorian Workers. In 1911, at the initiative of the Association of Suppliers Market Guayaquil, it was commemorated for the first time on 1. May, the Ecuadorian workers continued remembering in the following years. The government of Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez, by decree of April 23, 1915, consecrated "May Day each year holiday for the workers of Ecuador". The following year (1916) was decreed in the country the 8-hour day, but was systematically circumvented. There were protests, strikes and demands of the Ecuadorian working class not only to advance the conquest of their rights, but also to achieve respect and generalization of the 8-hour day. In Guayaquil, the workers' strike called for these purposes was suppressed on 15 November 1922 with a shocking massacre of workers.

Recognizing that trajectory of struggles of incipient Ecuadorian proletariat, the July Revolution of 1925, as well as modernizing the State, institutionalized care for the working classes by creating the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor, the Pension Fund, the issuance of the first labor laws and even the introduction of income tax, which were excluded classes asalariadas.Tras these early efforts, in 1938 the new Labour Code, which recognized the fundamental principles of protecting workers and the basic guarantee was issued their rights.

In later decades new institutions for the protection and rights joined the working classes of Ecuador. He grew the idea that economic development would never be enough without creating welfare conditions for the national majority.

However, the resistance of concentrators kinds of economic power failed to reverse the historical legacy of marginalization, poverty, misery, unemployment, underemployment, the plight of the employed and the scandalous concentration of wealth in minority dominant.

International Day work.- On May Day every year on Labor Day or Labor Day is celebrated. Since its establishment in all countries by agreement of the Socialist Workers' Congress held in Paris in 1889 is a day of struggle and a tribute to the Chicago martyrs who were killed for their participation in the days of struggle for the achievement of the workday 8-hour strike ended on May 1, 1886 in the United States (US), a fact that was the origin of this celebration is carried out is that date as a reminder.

LABOR DAY HISTORY

The facts giving rise this celebration are contextualized at the dawn of the industrial revolution in the United States. In the late nineteenth century Chicago was the second US city West and Southeast rail arriving each year thousands of unemployed farmers, creating the first humble villas that would house hundreds of thousands of workers. In addition, these urban centers welcomed migrants coming from around the world throughout the nineteenth century.

The 8-hour workday

One of the basic demands of the workers was the workday 8. Enforcing eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep and eight hours to the house. In this context there were several movements in 1829 formed a movement to ask the Legislature of New York's eight-hour day. Previously there was a law forbidding work more than 18 hours, except if necessary. If there was such a need, any officer of a railroad company that had forced a machinist or fireman to work days of 18 hours a day had to pay a fine of $ 25.

Most of the workers were members of the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor, but had more preponderance the American Federation of Labor (American Federation of Labor), anarchist origin. In its fourth congress, held on October 17, 1884, he had resolved that from 1 May 1886 the legal duration of the working day should be eight hours. If no response to this claim, it would go on strike. Recommended to all the trade unions try to enact laws that content in all jurisdictions. This resolution aroused the interest of all organizations, they saw that the eight-hour day would make it possible get as many jobs (less unemployment). Those two years accentuated the feeling of solidarity and increased the combatibilidad of workers in general.

In 1886, US President Andrew Johnson signed the call Ingersoll Act, establishing the 8-hour workday. Soon, 19 states enacted laws allowing maximum working days of 8 and 10 hours (but always with clauses that allow the workers to work 14 to 18 hours). The working conditions were similar, and the conditions under which they lived were still unbearable.

Ingersoll Act as not working and US unions fulfilled They mobilized. The press termed the movement in demand for eight hours as "outrageous and disrespectful", "Rave unpatriotic lunatics" and stating that it was "the same as asking a salary is paid without matching time job."

The call to strike

The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor, the main organization of workers in the US, sent a circular to all member organizations which stated: "No worker adhered to this panel must strike on 1 May as we have not given no orders about it. " This statement was flatly rejected by all US workers and Canada who disowned the leaders of the Noble Order by treasonous to the labor movement.

In the press the day before the strike, on April 29, 1886, one could read: "In addition to the eight hours, workers will demand all they can suggest the craziest anarcho-socialist". The New York Times said: "Strikes to enforce eight hours can do much to cripple our industry, reduce trade and curb resurgent prosperity of our nation, but not achieve their goal." The Philadelphia Telegram said: "The labor element has been bitten by a tarantula species universal and has become completely crazy: just think right now in a strike by achieving eight-hour system." The Indianapolis Journal said: "The street parades, red flags, the fiery harangues of scoundrels and demagogues who live by honest men taxes but deceived, strikes and threats of violence point to the initiation of the movement".

On 1 May, the strike

On 1 May 1886, 200,000 workers went on strike, while another 200,000 got this achievement with the mere threat of arrest. In Chicago, where workers' conditions were much worse than in other cities, the demonstrations followed on 2 and 3 May. The only factory that worked was the McCormick farm machinery factory was on strike since Feb. 16 because the workers wanted to deduct an amount for the construction of a church. Production remained based scabs. On day 2 the police had violently dispersed a demonstration of more than 50,000 people and day 3 a concentration in front of its doors was held. When I was in the stands the anarchist August Spies siren rang out a turn of scab. The concentrates were launched on the (yellow) scabs starting a pitched fight. A company of police, without warning, proceeded to shoot at point-blank on people producing 6 dead and dozens wounded

a permit from Mayor Harrison was achieved to a ceremony at 19.30 in the Haymarket Park. At 21.30 the mayor, who was present at the event to ensure the safety of the workers terminated immediately. But it continued with much of the audience (over 20,000 people). Inspector John Bonfield police considered that having completed the act should not allow workers to follow in that place, and with 180 uniformed police moved into the park and started repressing them. Suddenly he broke out between police a bomb that killed one officer Degan name and produced wounds in others. Police opened fire on the crowd, killing and wounding an unknown number of workers. the state of siege and curfew was declared, and in the following days hundreds of workers, who were beaten and tortured, accused of killing police stopped. number of raids were conducted and discoveries of stockpiles of weapons, ammunition, secret hideaways and even "a mold to manufacture naval torpedoes" were manufactured.

the trial

La Prensa called for a summary judgment by the Supreme Court, and accountable to eight anarchists and all the prominent figures in the labor movement. It continued with the arrest of hundreds of workers as suspects.

On June 21, 1886, the case was initiated against 31 officials, being then reduced the number to 8. The trial was a farce from beginning to end, violating all procedural rules and substantive, while the press supported publishing sensacionalísticamente that all defendants had to be hanged. Despite not having tried anything against, the Chicago Eight were convicted, accused of being enemies of society and the established order. Three of them were sentenced to prison and five to the gallows.

Achieving the 8-hour workday

In late May 1886 several sectors employers agreed to grant the day of 8 hours to several hundreds of thousands of workers. The success was such that the Federation of Guilds and Unions expressed their joy Arranged with these words: "Never in the history of this country has there been such a general uprising among the industrial masses. The desire for a reduction in working hours has driven millions of workers to join existing organizations, when so far had remained indifferent to union agitation ".

Anthem Master Ecuador

Gratitude to Master, enlightening

Our life and full of stars;

Homeland gratitude that in them,

See another sky, in the words of light.

Gratitude of the Fatherland, who knows

What the Master suffers and toils,

Against the young, the voice of the morning;

With the child, innocence and virtue.

Oh, Master, you are in the Chair

From your lips want the aurora;

Your word is the light that emerges

And dawns in the summits of good!

Nobody wants laurels of glory

If chest mud missing

noblest and highest greatness:

Gratitude who made a laurel.

Gratitude to Master, enlightening

Our life and full of stars;

Homeland gratitude that in them,

See another sky, in the words of light.

Gratitude of the Fatherland, who knows

What the Master suffers and toils,

Against the young, the voice of the morning;

With the child, innocence and virtue.

Labor Day Activities

• We talked about the work of our daddies.
• We dressed up with some element used by our parents to work and we can provide (shovel, saw, tools, bucket, stethoscope, etc) clothing them. Another option is to play with toy elements.
• Make a parade of trades and professions, playing dumb job, we all try to find out what office it is.
• Make direct experiences to a bakery, hospital, fire station or police, etc.
• In the room we built work items with disposable material
  Puzzles, seriaciones. Work relating to other areas such as: (sort elements used for cooking, elements used by firefighters, walking paths linking the pumper truck with a burning house to count how many elements of the same class exist within a panel.
  Try to write the name of the work items, sorting tools and items that begin with the same letter, or end with the same letter.
•  Create riddles of trades, professions and work items (see charades).
  Inventing rhymes.
• Perform correspondence of a worker with work items.
  We recommend you visit the section Guessing

workers:

The class war has begun. Yesterday, in front of the McCormick factory, workers were shot. His blood calls for revenge!

Who can doubt because the jackals who govern us are hungry for blood working? But workers are not a flock of sheep. To the white terror respond to the red terror! Death is preferable that misery.

If workers are shot, we respond so that the masters remember it for long.

It is the need that makes us cry To arms!

Yesterday, women and children of the poor were crying for their husbands and their parents shot, while in the palaces of the rich expensive wine glasses were filled and drank to the health of the bandits of order ...

Secad your tears, that you suffer!

Be of good courage, slaves! Rise up!

Workers Day in Norway

The International Workers' Day is celebrated on May 1.

Many participate in the parade that takes place, stating their opinion on political issues that capture their interest.

May Day is a holiday.

The National Party

National Day of Norway on 17 May. It commemorates the country gained its own Constitution on May 17, 1814.

May 17 is, above all, the children's day. Almost all children attending a kindergarten or elementary school participating in the parade, waving the Norwegian flag salute carrying in hand, and sing. The vast majority is dressed in "Sunday". Leading the parade go marching bands, whose members wear colorful uniforms. In these bands they play many children.

This day, children can eat all the ice cream and sausages all they want. Therefore, Norwegian children waiting with great enthusiasm on 17 May.

Children's Day

Today is Children's Day, is a day to remember that children and adolescents are subjects of rights and therefore their protection and full development is the responsibility of all adults, without prejudice that children and adolescents have also responsibilities arising from their rights.

IN THE FAMILY

The children learn what they see, not the advice you give them, the example is a powerful training tool, therefore we must reenrumbar our behavior if we want children to be better than us. Teens need to be acolytes, need to be understood, content and patience, patience is the right ingredient.

AT SCHOOL

Girls and boys need games and encouragement, affection and a horizon full of optimism and hope. Teens need a more dynamic school, less boring, need to be given reasons to grow, reasons to fight. They need to find an understanding that often do not find in the family.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The children need recreational spaces need reading spaces and informal learning, need to interact with their parents in games outside the home and school. Teens need space to exercise leadership, you need to be grouped into exciting and remote tasks of violence so that it can positively develop their sense of belonging.

IN THE CITY

Girls and boys need a friendlier city to occur worthy things to learn, they need to feel safer to enjoy the city. Teenagers need cities that offer spaces to develop sports, music, art, safe environments, interesting, to make them feel loved capabilities advance, to break old patterns and adopt new ones that improve the city.

IN THE COUNTRY

Girls and boys need public protection policies need to be worked against poverty, promoting productive opportunities for their parents, so that they can enjoy the age-appropriate: the game and learning. Teens need a supportive country to look them that values ​​them, that creates conditions to find opportunities to weave the future, they need public policies in their favor, they need protection and options to exercise leadership and ownership.

Let the children sing

Let the children sing, to speak out,

to make the world listen;

They unite their voices and reach the sun;

in them is the truth.

Sing children living in peace

and those who suffer pain;

They sing for those who did not sing

because they have off your voice ...

"I sing to let me live."

"I sing for mom smile".

"I sing for it blue sky".

"And me not to dirty the sea."

"I sing for those who have no bread."

"I sing to respect the flower."

"I sing for the world to be happy."

"I sing to not hear the cannon."

Activities to celebrate Children's Day

Colors of clothes

A very good idea to celebrate such a wonderful date is that all play at home using the same colors of clothing. Then you can prepare a gift for the small to carry the best outfit together. The colors used to celebrate Children's Day are orange, yellow, green and purple.

Photo collage

You can launch a contest for all children in the family, which is that each prepare a collage with photos of friends and relatives who most prefer. Then they all gather and enjoy samples, finally selecting a winner who will be awarded. On the other competitors will also be offered a gift for their efforts.

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educational visits

Parents can prepare for this special day educational visits to museums, planetariums, science centers, etc., where children learn new knowledge about different areas of things. At the end of the tour, they can provide toys, gifts or goodies to the delight of children.

competences

It can encourage children to participate in various competitions, such as dancing, elocution, singing, drawing, a sport, etc., which will help them promote their talent and skills. During the Children's Day all children should receive gifts, not just those who win.

These are different activities that can be performed to celebrate the Children's Day, which will turn this event into something special and memorable. But above all things, they will make your kids smile from morning till night, making happy to all family members.

Children's Day in Argentina

Children's Day in Argentina is celebrated every year on the second Sunday in August, but this year was delayed for the third Sunday in August being the August 14, 2016, decision by the Argentina Chamber of Toy Industry.

It is a very special day that takes place in many countries in tribute to all small, and in addition to traditional gifts and rides that take place on a day like this, it is important that this day aims to highlight the welfare and the rights of children worldwide.

By custom in this day full of laughter and joy it is usually made gifts to children, being mostly toys.

Tips Listed below are some activities to do with your children in your day:

Surprise in bed with a lot of toys will be a good beginning of the day, nothing more special than waking up with a lot of gifts.

Seize the day and go with your child to walk, places like parks and zoos are always a good choice for your little fun.

For these days many institutions organize events celebrating this day, attend them may be necessary to return this unforgettable day your child touch.

If your idea is to go out on this day, prepare a delicious snack for your children, a nutritious and fun snack to go online with this special day. If you click here, you'll have a fine choice.

Phrases

No matter what they become, they are still our children, and most important thing we can give them is love incondicional.-Rosaleen Dickson.

The child should know that it is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world has not been, and until the end of the world will not be, another child like it.-Pablo Casals.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitarles.-James Arthur.

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Regions of Ecuador

Coast Region Tourist Sites

This territory consists of fertile plains, hills, sedimentary basins and elevations of little altitude. By their territory rivers they run departing from the Andes to the Pacific Ocean. Its five provinces have attractive beaches and resorts for tourists. Highlights of Esmeraldas, Manabi and Guayas. In this area is the largest river system in the country. This is the Guayas River Basin, which has about twelve affluents next to the populations of Daule, Babahoyo, Macul, Puca, Paján and Colimes.

Ecuador has 640 kilometers of coastline.

In the Ecuadorian coast are five (Esmeraldas, Manabi, Guayas, Los Rios and El Oro) of the 22 provinces of the country. From north to south beautiful beaches offering relaxation and fun, and they have an important hotel infrastructure.

This region is characterized by a warm, dry south, north and humid tropical climate. Several national parks are those that are part of this region, among which we highlight the National Park Machalilla and Manglares-Churute, which offer the possibility of ecotourism. In Guayaquil, the main port, is the Jose Joaquin Olmedo International Airport.

The call Ecuadorian Blue Coast offers beautiful spas with extraordinary beaches, limpid sands and brilliant sunshine, which allow tourists to enjoy a pleasant climate, water sports, incomparable fishing and all kinds of entertainments in comfortable hotels.

Ecuador Spas provide all the comforts of home and tourism. Salinas, Ayangue, Puerto López, Shua, Manta, Bahia de Caraquez, Esmeraldas, Beaches, among others, are highly secure.

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Continuing now if the attractions of this region of Ecuador, begin by going naming the tourist attractions in each of the provinces, starting in descending order, ie, from Esmeraldas, the green province of Ecuador to El Oro.

in Esmeraldas

Montubio RODEO

It is a tradition Cowboys camp in the Ecuadorian coast, through which show the customs and skills acquired in the daily work with cattle on the farms where they work.

For montubia community rodeo is a party in which Jeans participate with conviction and joy, more by leaving up the name of his estate or association they represent, to win a trophy or a cash prize .

amorfinos

Also it highlighted in the rodeos the presence of amorfinos, which are rhymed couplets that some participants sing or say them aloud and whose content has important messages or morals serve to amuse the audience.

FOOD COAST ECUATORIANA

The coconut is used as seasoning, and with different types of bananas are prepared and complement some of the dishes from the Ecuadorian coast.

fish and seafood are served at most beaches and coastal towns, especially in the province of Esmeraldas, in the form of encocado, ie, spiced and seasoned with coconut. fried coconut flakes dishes are served. Another characteristic dish of this region is the Ocelot, including green plantain cooked and crumbled in the pan, mixed with egg and cheese. Soup and seafood rice combine a variety of seafood and are highly sought after by tourists. The melloco meanwhile, with roasted banana, cooked or fried and peanuts, served with hot coffee as cheese pies made on the basis of ripe banana.

Another of the best known coastal dishes is ceviche, fish includes hardened lemon, salt, pepper, onion, tomato, olive oil and parsley. Shrimp ceviche is precooked and it tomato sauce is added. As for the tacacho, it is a symbol of costeño breakfast; prepared with green bananas, salt, butter, cheese and cracklings, balls with the dough are made and served with coffee.

One of the most consumed soups on the coast is sancocho, has brisket, cassava, corn and green. Among other outstanding highlights is the stew of lentils or beans with fried plantains (bananas cooked, kneaded and fried) and roast beef.

In addition, the Coast there are a lot of native fruits such as guavas, guavas, ovos, cacao, papaya, lucuma, avocado, tuna, cerecilla, orange, melon, pineapple, coconut, mango and tamarind, which complement these delicious dishes desserts and juices.

Tourist places of the Sierra

Between valleys and snowcapped volcanoes expand north to south beauty and legendary charm of the entire Sierra characterized by important artistic and cultural currents.

HOLY WATER BATHS

City tourism is closely related to the rest of the canton. It is one of the most tourist cities of Ecuador; It is also known as "La Puerta del Dorado" And "A Bit of Heaven" also offers many attractions: you can visit the Basilica of the Virgen del Rosario de Agua Santa, you can visit different waterfalls, climb the Tungurahua (volcano) ( taking precautions because it is a volcano eruptive activity), try marshmallows (sweet made from sugar cane), there are varieties of handicrafts made in balsa and tagua.

Baños de Agua Santa is a suitable place to practice various adventure sports such as city: Rafting, kayaking, canyoning, rock climbing, bungee jumping, horseback riding, nature walks, canopy, mountain biking, etc. It has 5 municipal spas with mineral and sulphurous waters ranging from cold to 18 ° C, to the hot 55 ° C; emerge from the bowels of the Tungurahua volcano. It has a pink zone where more than 30 clubs, bars and discos they give tourists a fun and safe environment. In this city you can access more than 80 restaurants with varied national and international cuisine.

CUENCA "ATHENS OF ECUADOR"

Cuenca, considered one of the most beautiful cities of Ecuador, for its colonial and republican architecture, is home to intellectuals, scientists, art and craftsmen who forged the development of the city and the province. That's why when we say Cuenca, remember the city famous for its handicrafts, jewelry or gold and silver.

 ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO VISIT basin is:

NATIONAL PARK "BOXES"

Boxes name is taken by the shape of the mountains of the sector within which are the lakes and lagoons.

A green bed envelops the places that give life to this park. It is the right place for contact with nature, fun, environmental education, tourism and research. Walking through the gaps curiquingues, Andean gulls and other birds admire the moor.

In the park there are 235 distinct gaps among the most important are Lagartococha, Osohuaycu, Mamamag or Taitachungo, Quinoascocha, La Toreadora, Sunincocha, husks, Windows and Tinguishcocha.

The Tomebamba, Mazán, Yanuncay and Miguir rivers originate in Cajas and supply drinking water to the city of Cuenca.

LOCATION

El Cajas National Park is located northwest of the city of Cuenca.

EXTENSION

Its area is 29,000 hectares of Andean plateau; here you can hike, horseback riding, camping, fishing and bird watching.

FAUNA

The animals have been observed more easily in the park are rabbits, ducks and trout. There are also white-tailed deer, spectacled bear, puma, paramo deer, rabbit moor, curiquingues, mountain tapir, Andean gulls and other birds of the moor.

FLORA

East of the park forest vegetation mainly composed of tree species and shrubs with great diversity of orchids, ferns and mosses is. At the other end of the park timber species abound.

• Native Plants: The most common plant species are rosemary, chuquiragua, valerian, or polilepis Quinoa is a representative native tree of the park, which is characterized by its branches and gnarled trunk.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE AVENUE OF THE VOLCANOES

The trip begins in Quito and goes to Riobamba, this route is characterized by the mountain range of the Andes that sticks to Ecuador with its stately mountains, volcanoes and glaciers as the Pichincha, the Iliniza, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Altars and Chimborazo.

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BLACK MAMA

It dates back to the eighteenth century, when Latacunga was flattened by the great eruption of Cotopaxi Volcano.

The population of city following the disaster, began paying homage to the Virgin of Mercedes or Holy Tragedy, hoping that she protect the city from further eruptions. In this way it has started the celebration, as a religious offering through which the people manifest their faith and culture through sacramental acts and music, dance, poetry, comedy and crafts.

The festival takes place every 23 to 24 September.

The central figure of the celebration is a man disguised as a woman. Black Mama wears a wig, the red lipstick, face and other body parts visible black. He is dressed in a red mess, embroidered shirt and brightly colored shawls that changes in every corner.

This character wears a black doll representing elegantly dressed her daughter, and the sound of the drum during the procession rode up to the church of La Merced. Different masked accompany the Black Mama: Angel Star, blackface, the Moorish king, the crimping, the standard bearer, the Yumbo, and others who are handing out the curious who drink in their path.

DANCING RIBBONS OR TUCUMÁN

Twelve contradanzas weave tucumán on a stick "maguey" about five meters high, topped by a flag of Ecuador, called 'pavilion' Uptown hang 12 films of estameño seven or more meters long, is finally held to the ground by one or older, Rucos or cachimberos, while the lords of the quadrille woven and unwoven their work.

The dance of the tapes can perform twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four or thirty-two quadrilles. The dance of the tapes, which is traditionally practiced in religious festivals, has become part of the educational folklore.

Schools and colleges 'masquerading' children of dancers, performing the dance of tapes outside the traditional ritual context.

Cuy: roasted and seasoned with salt, garlic and cumin. I served accompanied with enslada, potatoes and / or corn.

Mote pillo: classic recipe of Ecuador, Sierra de Cuenca own. It consists of mote or peeled and cooked corn that is fried with white onion, garlic, achiote, eggs, milk, chives and cilantro or parsley.

Yahuarlocro: potato-based soup (locro), which also contains tummy (stomach), booklet (stomach), liver and lungs of sheep, accompanied with avocado, onions and sheep blood.

Tourist places in the East

MISAHUALLI

Place where the sun emerges from the horizon that unites the Misahuallí and Napo rivers, sheltered environment with the immensity jungle traps and where only its stunning scenery wrapped in animal sounds and water.

RIO SAN RAFAEL WATERFALL - COCA

SANI LODGE

The journey to Sacha Lodge begins in Quito, capital of Ecuador. From here, a flight 30 minutes to take them through the Andes down to the. City of Puerto Francisco de Orellana better known as Coca, where our bilingual guide will take them to the office, for a snack.

We will take a canoe for about 2 hours downstream on the Napo River to reach the facilities of the Lodge, where you will find a comfortable cabins with high ceilings and private terraces were built with natural materials to keep them camouflaged in the forest. There are 26 rooms, including single, double and family cabins. All rooms have private bathroom with hot shower and are protected against insects. In addition, they are equipped with ceiling fans for hot days.

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS eastern Ecuador

           Siona-Secoya

Siona are located at one in the central sector and high Aguarico, Eno and Shushufindi between rivers. The Redwoods have occupied the southern area of ​​the Cuyabeno river, and its name Secoya River that river, a tributary of Napo.Ubicación

3. The territory currently occupied by the Siona - Secoya covers approximately 80,000 km2 of Amazon forest in the basins of the Aguarico, Napo, Putumayo and Cuyabeno rivers, with an average altitude of 300 m.s.n.m.Extensión.

4. Between about 350 and 400 inhabitants. The occupation is dispersed. The population is settled in the communities of Puerto Bolivar, Bi'aña and Orahuëaya '. Siona original population was decimated by diseases introduced by foreign agents and the exploitation of rubber in which they were involved directly. Population

5. Siona, Secoya (Pai Coca) .family LINGUISTICA: Tucano OccidentalIdioma

6. Organization SocialCon the alliance of the Siona and Secoya peoples Organization Siona-Secoya Indigenous Nationality of Ecuador, ONISSE settled. Lately organizations Siona separated and formed the Organization of Indigenous Siona Nationality of Ecuador, ONISE, which brings together the whole population and is a member of the CONFENIAE and CONAIE. Social and political cohesion is very weak at present due to a tendency to population dispersion, as a result of the territorial pressure from the oil and colonization.

Kichwa nationality

The Kichwa nationality consists of several villages deparentesco relationships based on a shared cultural tradition that develops pararelacionarse special practices: festivals, customs, dress, trade, commerce, organization, etc.The dresses, geographic location, organization and dialect of each people does that WILL identified as distinct peoples within the Kichwa.En nationality recent years there is an awakening of cadapueblo autoidenticación and reaffirmation of their identity, history, customs and geographic location Shuar nationality

Shuar Chicham according to the classification studied by Karsten belongs to Linguistics Jivaroana Family, like the languages ​​of the Shiwiar and Achuar (Ecuador and Peru) and Awajún or Aguaruna (Peru).

The Shuar has binational presence; It is in Ecuador and Peru. In Peru, department of Amazonas, province Condorcanqui, I .distrito Rio Santiago. Loreto department, Alto Amazonas province, districts and Morona Canyon.

In Ecuador the core of its population is located in the provinces of Morona Santiago, Pastaza and Zamora Chinchipe, there being other settlements in Sucumbios and Orellana in the Amazon and in the Litoral region in Guayas and Esmeraldas.