The Tzachila New Year

This weekend we went with employers from Ecotrackers and other intrested people to chiquilpe! Chiquilpe is a community with tschila people who are painting there bodies and smear a red paste made from achiote fruit on their cropped hair. This weekend they were celebrating there new year! We where sleeping in cabanyas made from bamboe with a muddy floor, no door, and really hard beds!

It's sittuated in a beautifull surounding so you are allready enjoning just being there! A little less you are enjoning in the evening when you will be bitten by muskitos, get cackroses in your clothes and don't sleep a lot!

Friday night they were having a special ritual... to bad.. there where some tourist over there from Santo Domingo a place nearby who were making so many photo's that it gets enoring! So 1 tip: Be respectfull for the community and their whey of living.

on saterday the whole happing took place on a little festival terain.

2000 Tschila people from 7 different communitys where togheter to celebrate their new year with music, food, art & crafts, and lots of fun!

In the afternoon take a short brake for a refreshing swim in the river. They don't know showers over their!

In the evening back to the festival terain... nice music....

They can't dance the Salsa as good as they can in quito.. so we start with our group of foreigners dancing... following by them.... At that moment they were making pictures and films of us... so we can be intresting for them as well.

After a nice evening.. back to bed..

Next morning after brackfast back to quito..

A great weekend with lots of experiences... but I was also really happy to be back in quito... Yes we are spoiled!!

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