DEVELOPMENT

 TRADITIONS

1.1 Typical Food of the Carchi 

1.1.1 Food and beverages: from the Province in each region and Ecuadorian province we can find a significant corpus of cultural practices around the food activity, according to their particular historical arrays, the ecological floor to which it belongs, its agricultural production and popular tradition. The Wind talkers is no exception, the culinary skills and its gastronomic richness tangibly express many of its features and flavors. In the province of Carchi the guinea pig with potato may be the favorite. You can also mention to the tortilla of pope, the exquisite hornado pastuso (, frittata with toasting, bouillon, curd with honey, cumbalazos, bread of curd, roast potatoes, potatoes with leather, etc. , between alcoholic beverages is the so-called " 'El Tardón'" (brandy with juice of naranjilla and some other secret ingredient). Take Much care with this 'El Tardón because if you like it and it takes several, you will need to go to the three jets to pass the famous chuchaqui.

1.1.2 Canton Mira

Tardón mireño:

Tardón is a typical drink of the place, prepared, processed and bottled in Mira. Has 8or alcohol and the presentation is in bottles of 750 cm3. The flavor is pleasant sweet and strong at the same time. The cost of the bottle is $ 1.50 USD Between the ingredients are: natural orange juice, brandy, sugar and the secret mireño. The 'El Tardón is prepared at home, where you can find containers for the orange juice, alcohol (puntas), bottles and the stamps the form of preparation is the following: squeeze the oranges to get the juice of the fruit. Are mixed in equal parts the juice with the brandy. TO part dissolves sugar in distilled water to form a sugared syrup, which is mixed with the previous composition and gets the typical drink of Mira.

1.1.3 Canton Tulcan

Hornado pastuso:

One of the main traditional dishes in the province is the pork hornado, whose appetizing preparation is as follows: cut the meat into very small pieces and we will put you at the time that has onion, cumin, garlic, tomato, Lemon. Here you will be accompanied with a broth that comes out of the same pork and the ingredients, then to the people you love. Served with mote, potatoes, lettuce and a good chili. To accompany can be served with the exquisite chicha. In the city of Tulcán can be tasted in the markets and Central San Miguel and local individuals in Sucre Street, as well as the Bolivar. Hornado is made in a wood-fired oven, hence its special flavor.

1.1.4 Canton Espejo

Roast guinea pig:

It is a typical dish, very used in the family and social commitments in the traditional minga. Contains potatoes, lettuce, and avocado.  

Potatoes with leather:

Consists of potatoes with pig leather, kneading and chili cheese, a favorite dish by insiders and outsiders, they are especially in the hours of the afternoon and it is found in the central park.

1.1.5 Canton Montufar

The typical dishes of the canton are: chicken soup, guinea pig with potatoes, potatoes with cheese, corn and cheese and cheese amassed.

 1.1.6 Canton Huaca

In the canton Huaca one of the typical dishes is the shampoos made from maize bankrupt (mote), panela in Melaka Strait and,the pulp of unripe (naranjilla), pineapple (peeled and finely chopped, cloves, cinnamon chips, sour orange leaves, crushed ice.

 1.1.7 Canton Bolívar

In the canton Bolívar one of the typical dishes is chicken soup which requires the following ingredients: chicken, paitena minced onion, crushed garlic, white onions, milk, egg yolks, teaspoon of cumin, teaspoon pepper, celery and parsley, Yuccas cooked without salt.

1.2 Traditional games of the province of Carchi

In the province of Carchi since ancient times different games were played to entertain children, at times behind children used to go out and play with the neighbors. There are various games that were practiced in the different cantons of our province. one of the games that attracted the children of the province was the game of marbles, which used it to play in the courtyards of their houses, each child always had a bag of marbles for your fun, In Mira is well known the hopscotch game, the greasy pole, Cockfight, wet, on the Bolívar canton games that were practiced and practiced are jump rope , rayuela, in other canton in the province are practice games like the encostalados, yoyo, the blind man, cars of wood, round, mad cow.

 

marbles

hopscotch

greasy pole

Cockfight  

 

jump rope

encostalados

 yoyo

the blind man

cars of wood

1.3 Legends

The province of Carchi account with many legends that have been passed down from generation to generation to be counted by our uncles, and grandparents, each canton in the province has its own forms of count legends along with their families winged a bonfire, while the elderly tell about  terrifying experiences or legends that have been counted by people who have lived or that have occurred in a particular place, so that some of these legends are: the flying woman in the canton Mira, the dance of the elves in the canton Tulcán, the Bull of the Rosal, the Guagua Black, the Pupo, (la  quebrada de pastuso)s in canton Mira, the guagua black in Julio Andrade, the widow, the Llorona, the old del monte, the old of the hearth, the charm of Huaca, the guagua Hauca, cueche, enchanted the penalty, the best known of which are the following:

1.3.1 La lavandera del rio bobo

Originated many years ago in the city of Tulcan,  the case of a woman who used washing clothes in the river Bobo and they do so often on the basis of the four in the morning, I had a designated place, where he was a big stone, at the foot of the river. Some early morning, while I washed the clothes you are presented a well-known character stopped in the middle of the bridge dress completely in black and had called insistently to the women, is approached him with fear, as they were in the early morning hours; he thought that i could recognize him, but it happened that the stranger asked dutifully that hath smitten him the eyes with a bandage that was in the hands, she would always such plea did and before his astonished the strange character of the bridge was launched and fell head, exactly on the stone in which she used to wash clothes. The body of the strange evaporated on the water and disappeared without trace, nor her dead body was found by more that was sought after and nobody gave reason for he. In the meantime, the laundress river Bobo, after such spectacle, entered into nervous depression and after some days he died to the astonishment of those who knew this event.

1.3.2 El toro del rosal

They say that by the year 1940, in the city of Tulcan, in times of very cold weather and with economic problems of the decline of the Colombian peso, had increased to a large number of bars, taverns, nightclubs and other places more intended for fun bad sound, by the same was promoting the vice of the corruption of our society. Of hacienda el Rosal had been lost one of the best bulls, Barroso of color, of large size and sharp antlers, by what its owner offered a great reward. In the meantime, it is said that in the city of Tulcan appeared a bull of the same features of the lost animal that ran the streets of the city, then of the twelve of the night, completely infuriated, foam and voting by the muzzle, and therefore enduing whoever was at the step that regularly, after the meetings of fun and have interfered abundant brandy is initiated the scandals which ended in destruction of the local and then they went out to the streets and were continuing with fights and as a result: dead and wounded. In these circumstances and when the fights were taking body, appeared the bull of the rosebush that, with their feral rage, flew to the vicious night owls, and must be admitted to the hospital to be cured their serious injuries. The bull of Rosal continued hanging around the city for a long time, having achieved the tranquility and peace citizen.

1.3.3 Las voladoras de mira

 

The legend says that the flying characters were mystical magical and extraordinary that had the gift of flying through the skies. According to the elderly, the women were flying very nice of the people who, for the day they walked through the streets as if nothing but the nights they climbed on the roofs of homes, dressed in white clothes and on the floor put tubs of water, in order to receive the radiance of the moon and with the help of ointments and potions that used at the joints of your body expressed a phrase and is poured to fly and have a lady that wanted to fly like the then flying ointment is placed at the joints of the body is released the hair was draped in white rose to the ceiling, pronounce the sentence the said the other way around, the phrase Of the flying was "Volare of villa at villa, without God, or Santa Maria" and the lady said. "Volare of beam in beam, without God or Santa Maria" and the jump to fly began to be given against the beams of the house and he fell to the other day they found him beaten and on the tub of water that he put into his rite. According to the story they saw a flying up the skies, celibate on the floor face down and open the arms in the form of a cross and with the hat to one side, and to know who he was, told him to follow her morning come by salt and the other day she came to the house of the personage who expressed the phrase morning come by salt, well this live very far away from the people.

1.3.4 La llorona

THE CRYBABY 'The crybaby' is a tall and stylized woman whose outfit is of white color, although it is not possible to distinguish its facial features. 'The crybaby' is a tall and stylized woman whose outfit is of white color, although it is not possible to distinguish its facial features. The popular histories, they describe it also as a woman without feet, in effect, it seems to move for the apartment without rubbing him. Most of the histories, they consider it to be a sign of bad predictions, an indicator of bad omen: it can approach to make the persons ill, to worsen the patients or to bring misfortunes to the dears. In other histories, 'the crybaby' presents herself as an inoffensive being who needs consolation and helps, waking up piety in the people who, when it approaches to console it, steals all its belongings from them.

Conclusions:

• The vast majority of the population thinks it is important that rescue and assess the oral memory popular (myths, stories, legends) of the huaqueros, which will allow you to build the current identity and develop the culture of the society. 
• It is considered important to preserve the identity of the Carchi descendant through any means of communication to be oral or written, as people realize that van disappearing good customs and traditions tulcanenas. 
• The owners of the oral tradition are the elderly, but there is great interest on the part of adults and young people to assess the culture, denoting interest to build identity.

Bibliography:

http://carchi.gob.ec/index.php/leyendas 

Maritza. (03 de August de 2013). Obtenido de http://es.slideshare.net/MaRiTzA1993/juegos-tradicionales-de-la-provincia-del-carchi

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