By Juan Solano
Cultural Survival’s Keepers of the Earth Fund is supporting Instituto Superior Pedagógico “Quilloac” Bilingüe Intercultural’s project on strengthening the ancestral language Kichwa Kañari through the use of interactive materials, including mobile apps designed for children ages 3 to 5.
Por Olindo Nastacuaz Pascal
Ampara Su 90.7 FM es la radio comunitaria del Pueblo Awá de Ecuador. En lengua Awápit, Ampara Su quiere decir “cuatro mundos” que son muy significativos pues representan la cosmovisión Indígena Awá. Los cuatro mundos representan el mundo de los seres pequeños que viven bajo la tierra; el mundo de los seres humanos que viven sobre la tierra; el de los espíritus que ya estan muertos y han dejado el mundo de los vivos; y el último, el mundo del Creador, el grann espírito.
By Olindo Nastacuaz Pascal
"I am not scared. As a Zápara woman, I will fight for my territory." -- Nema Grefa Ushigua, president of the Zápara Nation, after receiving threats in April.
By Nati Garcia
After a week of intense travel in Ecuador from the south of Guayaquil to the north of Imbabura, we finally made it to Cotacachi located in the “hoya” of Ibarra on the divine slopes of Cotacachi stratovolcano in the eastern part of the Andes. Only 20 minutes from Otavalo, Cotacachi has a completely different atmosphere, full of art, music, and peace.Here people have maintained their native language, Kichwa, which in other areas of Ecuador is being forgotten.
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