Category Archives: MITOS Y LEYENDAS DE ECUADOR
The legend of Posorja and his powers of vision.
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Mochica Sumpa 3: THE LOVERS OF SUMPA (Narrative)
12,000 YEARS OF ROMANTIC HISTORY.- Thousands of years ago, a people arrived in these lands after a long journey on rafts, finding abundant fruits, wild animals, and a few giant animals with whom they fought for survival. Here they settled and populated, and they built their houses in a circular shape. They worshipped the sun, as it […]
Like those lovers discovered in the midst of passion, rediscovered centuries later on a distant beach. Thus we live, thus we die. Escaping from strange glances, from meaning and signifier. Moving away into the light of day, so as not to remember the passions of a finite love. I wish we were imprisoned with stones, mud, and sand, covered so […]
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Sumpa, the oldest town on the Ecuadorian coast By Hugo Calle Forrest
According to the theory, the American people came from Asia, entering through the Bering Strait around 25,000 years ago, settling in our territory around 10,000 years ago. Remains of this settlement have been found in Sumpa, the name the natives used to refer to the tip of Santa Elena. Edward Lanning was the one who named […]
The communities of the A'i Kofán Nationality are spread across 14 settlements in Ecuador and Colombia. They have lived there for several hundred years, hunting, fishing, and gathering. The A'i Kofán Nationality is one of the smallest in the world, with just over a thousand people in total. Their environment and way of life […]
In the Posorja parish, the following story happened: At a spot on Posorja beach called La Poza, it is said that a parish priest from the San Francisco Church decided to take a dip due to the hot weather. Those who witnessed the event were surprised to see that he never came out of the water again. Afterwards […]
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