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African-descendants They have lived in Ecuador since colonial times
They live especially in Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Guayas, Carchi and Pichincha. Their own cultural traits have been preserved for centuries, but poverty and the influence of mass culture
Food Popular
Pigeon peas with yucca
Chicken Soup
Broad bean sancocho
Hash
The Popular Holidays
International Day for Afro-descendants
New Year's Eve in South Africa
Art Popular
Obra del día: Afroecuatorianos
The religion
With regard to religion and Afro-Ecuadorians, the absence of traces of African cults in Ecuador is notable. Thus, unlike what happens in Cuba, Uruguay or Brazil, there is no religious syncretism or an active African cult.
Myth
The Tunda
In the myth of the North Pacific of Ecuador, the Tunda is a monster woman who attracts people to the bush; the 'entunde' is the spell or spell with which it keeps its victims enchanted. In the thesis of the Afro-Ecuadorian educator and researcher Ibsen Hernández Valencia, the woman or women who gave rise to the story were in fact rebellious maroons who fled in search of freedom, and the 'entanglement' was a process of ideological instruction.
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African-descendants They have lived in Ecuador since colonial times
They live especially in Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Guayas, Carchi and Pichincha. Their own cultural traits have been preserved for centuries, but poverty and the influence of mass culture
Food Popular
Pigeon peas with yucca
Chicken Soup
Broad bean sancocho
Hash
The Popular Holidays
International Day for Afro-descendants
New Year's Eve in South Africa
Art Popular
Obra del día: Afroecuatorianos
The religion
With regard to religion and Afro-Ecuadorians, the absence of traces of African cults in Ecuador is notable. Thus, unlike what happens in Cuba, Uruguay or Brazil, there is no religious syncretism or an active African cult.
Myth
The Tunda
In the myth of the North Pacific of Ecuador, the Tunda is a monster woman who attracts people to the bush; the 'entunde' is the spell or spell with which it keeps its victims enchanted. In the thesis of the Afro-Ecuadorian educator and researcher Ibsen Hernández Valencia, the woman or women who gave rise to the story were in fact rebellious maroons who fled in search of freedom, and the 'entanglement' was a process of ideological instruction.
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