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5 Ecuadorian Artists Celebrating Their Proud Kichwa Heritage

Richard Villegas — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:59:20 +0000

Popular culture has a mistaken impression that Indigenous people are stuck in the past. Honoring ancestors, oral histories, and closely held traditions passed across generations is undoubtedly a tenet of most Indigenous communities, but that doesn’t mean present-day trends and new ideas are omitted from the conversation. In Ecuador, the Kichwa people are extremely proud

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Meet the Young Ecuadorians Behind the First Kichwa-Language Radio Show in the US

Christina Noriega — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:16:27 +0000

Not far from South Bronx corner bodegas, street vendors, and the Yankee Stadium, stands an unremarkable tan apartment building. You wouldn’t know it from the outside, but in its weathered basement, is a radio studio and haven for New York City’s indigenous Ecuadorian Kichwas, a community of an estimated 10,000. In contrast to the Spanish,

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‘Killa’ Is the First Ever Kichwa-Directed Feature Film From Ecuador

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:57:31 +0000

The entire production has been carried out by a filmmaking collective of self-identified Kichwa working out of the highland town of Otovalo.

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