Saraguro
Custom and tradition "Christmas celebrations"
Suggestions:
- Visit the city Saraguro
Saraguro offers a diversity of culture and gastronomy. Saraguro invites you to enjoy their holidays, such as Easter, Christmas, Pawkar Raymi Inti Raymi.
- Visit the tourist places
Saraguro has several tourist spots such as lakes, mountains, caves.
- Participate in the festivities of Christmas
Christmas Saraguro is characterized by the procession of the Child Jesus of the church house party organizer who calls himself the marcantaita.The marcantaita choose musicians to party in which toys or Huahuas accompanying him on the three holidays participate.
Marcantaita also enlists the help of the cooks in which perform different meals three days. One of the events leading up to Christmas is called "chakirikuchina".
For Saraguros toys are the costumes that make characters like sarawis four women and four men, four wikis, four ajas, a bear, a lion, two paileros.
The main characters of Christmas in Saraguro.
1. Wikis
Wikis are the main character christmas where they are responsible to do to keep them happy all the people who come to the house of "marcantaita".
2. Sarawis
The women are responsible Sarawis singing carols and worship the baby Jesus. Sarawis likewise also the men are in charge of whistle whistles at the time that the women sing sarawis.
3. Ajas
The Ajas are responsible for guiding all other "Huahuas" that are sarawis and all persons accompanying the party.
4. Lion
The lion is responsible for protecting all persons and women make jokes. It also has to help skin cattle.
5. bear
Bear makes sure that all people have fun with their dances.
All these characters mentioned above are responsible for giving enhancement and joy to the festivities of Christmas
- Buy crafts and costumes provide for the Christmas season
- Use of community housing in December
Not suggested:
- The twenty-fourth day of December should not eat meat.
- Despise not the typical fare in the event invite.
- Do not drink alcoholic beverages
- If you go camping you should not go alone.
- Do not travel with no proper clothing for cold
