Ecuador

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• Mestizo• (Andalusian and Castilian Spaniard) • Amerindian ancestry.• 10% of Ecuador's population is of European descent, from

Spain, Italy, Lebanon, France and Germany• Esmeraldas and Chota regions, Afro-Ecuadorians • Roman Catholic

History

• constructed the ethnic cultural background of Ecuador years before the Inca empire

• Chorrera• Valdivia• distinguished

architecture pottery, and religious beliefs, while others developed archaeologically disputed systems of writing

Carnivals and festivals , usually featuring

many traditional games and fun Some regions celebrate mask carnivals, while

others have no official custom mixture of Amerindian and Catholic beliefs.

Celebrations

varies from region to

region of the country c (people from the coast)

prefer fish , beans , and plantains fruits), while serranos from the mountainous regions prefer meat , rice , and white hominy mote

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Costeños tend to speak more quickly and louder

than serranos, and most of them do so in a very informal way

. Other Amerindian languages spoken in Ecuador include Awapit (spoken by the Awá), A'ingae (spoken by the Cofan, Shuar Chicham (spoken by the Shuar), Achuar-Shiwiar (spoken by the Achuar and the Shiwiar), Cha'palaachi (spoken by the Chachi), Tsa'fiki (spoken by the Tsáchila), Paicoca (spoken by the Siona and Secoya), and Wao Tededeo (spoken by the Waorani).

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painting highly decorative

masks and drums; painting on flat surfaces is somewhat of a modern occurrence

artists are celebrated for their use of vibrant colors and simplistic themes

Art

albazo, pasacalle, incaico, tonada, diablada

pillareña, capishca, Bomba Tecnocumbia and Rockola

Sanjuanito, Pasillo

Music

The Panama hat is of Ecuadorian origin, and is

known there as "Sombrero de paja toquilla", or a Jipijapa. It is made principally in Montecristi

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