Culture Eleven different type of people make up the Culture of Ecuador, with Quichua being more than 2 million. Other than Quichua, the Otavalenos, Salasacas and Saraguros are all modern day messengers of the ancient tongue of the Incas - vested in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Despite of pressures from the industrialized world increasing, shamanistic traditions still flourish within the rain forests of the Huaorani, Zaparo, Cofan, lowland Quichua, Siona, Secoya, Shuar and Achuar. Culture in Ecuadorsill prevails like before. In addition to different hereditary cultures, Ecuador is home to a Mestizo culture and a sizable Afro-Ecuadorian culture, the descendants of African slaves who worked on coastal sugar plantations in the 16th century. In the present days, the Afro-Ecuadorians are popular for their marimba, an enthusiastic type of Ecuador Music and Dance festivals. |