RT Journal Article
T1 Ancestral Rituals Heritage as Community-Based Tourism. Case of the Ecuadorian Andes.
A1 Torres-Toukoumidis, Angel
A1 Marín-Gutiérrez, Isidro
A1 Hinojosa-Becerra, Mónica
K1 Ritos y ceremonias - Ecuador
AB This research aims to describe aguacolla’s ancestral ritual in a local community in Ecuador,determining the use of ancestral medicine, the healing process, its sociological antecedents,diagnosis and treatments. A micro-ethnographic design was carried out in the local communitywith total involvement in the ritualistic process for 20 days, where, in addition to collecting datathrough participant observation and interviews, a video production of the ritual was generated. Asa result, the involvement of religious and cultural syncretism in the ceremony, acceptance of thelocals and strengthening of their identity by including symbolisms of the area, the differentcategories of ancestral medicine were analyzed: wachakhampiYachak for pregnant women andchildren, yurakhampiYachak for headaches and fever, KakuyampiYachak for bones andrikuyhampiYachak for supernatural diseases. Concluding, the healing experience produced by the“aguacolla” shows that in addition to the healing spectrum, there is also a touristic, historical andpatrimonial repercussion in the ceremonies.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34952
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34952
LA eng
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026