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The equator runs straight through the middle of Ecuador. This means that the people there are going to wear airy clothing to help with the heat. In Ecuador young woman like to wear pants and older woman wear skirts and dress. The men wear casual pants and shirts. But in some places they wear traditional clothing. Like colorful dresses and skirts.

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Ecuador and The US are alike in a lot of ways including clothing in some parts of the Countries. In southern United States people wear clothes to help with the heat. In Ecuador people do the same thing. Except in Ecuador they kind of have traditional clothes unlike the US where we just wear whatever is comfortable.

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Image(1): this is an image of people in Ecuador wearing traditional clothing.
Image(2): this is an image of what people casually wear in Ecuador.

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71.9% of the population is Amerindian. Most amerindians are very culture based and most of them wear traditional clothing like colorful skirts and dresses.

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In Ecuador they have gestures like drawing circles in the air to mean “I’ll be back” and sticking your hand out and twisting it to show you are sorry for something. Some impolite gestures are things such as yawning, screaming, or whistling in public.

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Description:http://online.culturegrams.com/world/ Go to drop list and click Ecuador. You’ll find the clothing part
Comparison:http://online.culturegrams.com/world/(Same As Above)
Image:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/375135843941265529/?source=images
Image(2):https://allaboutecuador.weebly.com/modern-vs-traditional.html
Statistics:http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/ecuador-population/

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Ecuador’s gestures compared to the ones in the US are a little different. For instance we don’t draw circles in the air or put our hands out and twist them to mean things. But some things that is similar is that we shake hands when we meet someone new and it’s impolite to scream in public.

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This gesture; shaking someone’s wrist, means that someone doesnt want to be impolite by shaking with a dirty hand.

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Most Ecuadorians use hang gestures in there conversations. There is no one set statistics on how often they are used but I would estimate probably around 80% of the time.

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Description:https://sites.google.com/a/fargoschools.org/ecuadorfinalproject/gestures-manners
Comparison:https://sites.google.com/a/fargoschools.org/ecuadorfinalproject/gestures-manners
Image:http://ecuadorbeachfrontproperty.com/ecuadorblog/?p=965
Image description: http://ecuadorbeachfrontproperty.com/ecuadorblog/?p=965
Statistic: Came from all the articles I read.

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Ecuador just like most Spanish speaking countries have a predominate religion of the Roman Catholic Church. This religion plays in government as much as everyday life.

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The Roman Catholic religion that is in Ecuador is different from the dominate religion of the US. In the US the predominate religon is Christianity in general. All branches of Christianity are included not just one branch.

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Shows how other religions look to the Roman Catholic religion in Ecuador on a pie chart.

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94% of the population of Ecuador identify their religion as Roman Catholic.

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Description:https://www.adventure-life.com/ecuador/articles/history-and-culture-of-ecuador
Comparison:https://www.adventure-life.com/ecuador/articles/history-and-culture-of-ecuador
Image:https://sites.google.com/a/bluedemons.org/ecuador/photo-gallery
Image Description:https://sites.google.com/a/bluedemons.org/ecuador/photo-gallery
Statistic:http://www.ecuador.com/religion/

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Spanish is the dominate language of Ecuador. It is spoken by over 90% of the country population.

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In the United States the dominate language is English. That is different from Ecuador because a very small population of Ecuador speak English.

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Hola= hello
Gracias= thank you
Adios= goodbye
Por favor= please

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93% of the population of Ecuador speak Spanish. Almost 7% of the population of Ecuador speak a language called Quechua.

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Description:https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-ecuador.html
Comparison:https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-ecuador.html
Image:https://nicolecsapo.weebly.com/ecuador.html
Statistics:http://www.studycountry.com/guide/EC-language.htm

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Dating in Ecuador starts around 15 which is when people are considered adults. Most people get married in the early to mid 20s. Most people live with there parents until they get married where in which they will move into a house of there own with there significant other. Most marriages take place in a Catholic Church. It is a taboo in Ecuador to get a divorce from a Church Wedding.

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Dating and marriages are different in the US than in Ecuador. In the US we Get married in all kinds of places not just in a church. Also we don’t live with our parents until we get married (usually). Some things that are similar are that most people in the US start dating at around 15 or 16 and most people marry in there early to mid 20’s.

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This image is of a man and a woman getting married. They are standing in front of a church surrounded family.

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The divorce rate in Ecuador increased to 87% while the marriage rate decreased to 14.71% in the last 9 years.

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Description:http://www.safaritheglobe.com/ecuador/culture/relationships-marriage-family/
Comparison:http://www.safaritheglobe.com/ecuador/culture/relationships-marriage-family/
Image:http://jeffinecuador.blogspot.com/2008/01/ecua-wedding.html?m=1
Statistics:http://latinamericacurrentevents.com/ecuador-divorces-increase-87-percent-in-nine-years-marriages-down-14-7/31872/

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In Ecuador there education system goes from primary school (1st - 6th grade) to secondary school (7th - 12th grade) to tertiary (College). But in Ecuador students have until 9th grade for free education and then the rest of high school and college must be paid for.

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We go to school till 12th grade for free here. Then if we get to college we have to pay for it. One thing that is similar is that there are a good bit of students that drop about before they are finished with school.

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This is a picture of children in primary school (elementary or middle school in the US)

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25% of children in ecuador drop out at around the 5th grade.

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Description:https://www.scholaro.com/ed/Countries/Ecuador/Education-System
Comparison:https://www.scholaro.com/ed/Countries/Ecuador/Education-System
Image:https://borgenproject.org/snapshot-education-ecuador/
Statistic:https://www.scholaro.com/ed/Countries/Ecuador/Education-System