ECUADOR'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY The word culture is used for many things. We talk about culture to refer to aboriginal peoples who lived in our territory thousands of years ago, like Valdivia, for example. We say that a person has culture when he or she acts...
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ECUADOR'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY The word culture is used for many things. We talk about culture to refer to aboriginal peoples who lived in our territory thousands of years ago, like Valdivia, for example. We say that a person has culture when he or she acts with good manners and is respectful with people. The word has several meanings. We will use its broadest conception: culture is the way of life of peoples, of social groups. As in the long history. Throughout time, cultures have maintained contact with each other, exchanged various aspects of their identity and adapted them to their respective environment. MESTIZA, INDIGENOUS AND AFRO-DESCENDANT CULTURES One expression of the cultural diversity of our country is the ethnic diversity. The major cultural groups of Ecuador are: mestizos, indigenous and blacks or Afro-descendants. THE MESTIZOS Mestizos constitute the majority of the Ecuadorian population. In general, they inhabit the cities of our country, although there are also a large
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