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We visited the Cayambe Highlands, and in one of the small towns by the foot of Cayambe volcano they were celebrating a town fiesta. It was not in our itinerary but the local people were all dressed up, food tables oozing out of the small residences, a parade was going on, people were dancing on the streets to local music and the women were dressed in their best clothes, with beads around their necks and hairs neatly braided. Every one in the tour group persuaded the guide to stop for a couple of hours to experience an authentic town fiesta.
Cayambe is an agricultural service town (population 30,473 on the last census on November 24, 2001) in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the town is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily comprised of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairying and lumber procurement.
Cayambe's indigenous people of today are descendants of the pre-Inca Kayambi people. The Kayambi were resistant to Inca expansion and were only definitively conquered by Inca Huayna Capac after a bloody 20-year war. Not long afterwards, in the 16th century, the first Spanish conquerors arrived in the region. The Kayambi people adopted the Quichua language (sometimes also spelled Kichwa), a dialect of the Quechua language. Quichua survives in some of the hamlets today, while in others it has given way to Spanish.
Some information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayambe_(city)
Nikon D200
2008/07/13 14:34:38.6
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
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Lens: VR 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 38mm
Exposure Mode: Programmed Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/160 sec - F/6.3
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
ISO 100
Optimize Image: More Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-C
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe sRGB)
Tone Comp.: High Contrast
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: High
Image Comment: Copyright (C) 2008 Andre' Salvador
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: On |
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