https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS ETHNIC GROUP INGA en-us 2018-11-20 01:33:38 UTC 2023-04-14 06:44:13 UTC hello@padlet.com zuluaganicol8 https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173941 Innate migrations are also closely related to the practice of itinerant traditional medicine, which not only involves the practice of healing activities and the cultivation, exchange, delivery or sale of medicinal and magical plants, but the study and exchange of knowledge with other communities and towns, reminiscent of the culture of the Kallawaya of Bolivia.

The knowledge of the sinchi (sages), also called taitas or curacas, are articulated to the use and administration of banisteriopsis caapi (yagé) or ayahuasca, with psychotropic effects. The importance of this plant in Inga medicine implies an important relationship with the cultures of the jungle, especially Andaquí, Cofán, Siona and Witoto.

Sinchi preparation begins from childhood. They are chosen by the Taitas and educated in the knowledge of nature, spirituality, life, society and medicine. Cultivate the medicinal and magical plants in chagras with spiritual guardians, organized as a microcosm that represents the natural forces, the man and the woman and the inter-ethnic and social relationships.]]> 2018-11-20 01:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173941 zuluaganicol8 https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173958 Its language is Quechua inga, classified as part of Quechua norteño, a branch of the Quechua language, also spoken in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.]]> 2018-11-20 01:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173958 zuluaganicol8 https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173988 The Sunday before Ash Wednesday, the annual celebrations of the carnival, which is celebrated in honor of the rainbow and thanks to Mother Earth. The men play flutes, trumpets and drums, rattles and shells of women. They dance in a row and in a circle, leaning and balancing the body. They wear their own suits, striped v-neck stripes or capisayos for men; and long skirts, blouses and rebozos of colors and dark fabrics on the shoulders. The following Tuesday the people disguise themselves with masks of wood, fique, metal or cardboard. They represent traditional, historical or legendary scenes and once again they dance until the Wednesday that culminates the carnival, during which meals and drinks abound.]]> 2018-11-20 01:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zuluaganicol8/5vcdc34k4v9o/wish/306173988