DAY OF THE

DEAD
ECUADORIAN TRADITION
ORIGIN OF THE DAY OF THE
DEAD
For the indigenous tradition, the Day of the Dead represented an opportunity to
connect with the deceased, with the ancestors of the family. Aztecs, Mayans,
Purépechas, Nahuas and Totonacs were some of the indigenous communities
that used to perform these rituals for thousands of years.
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
The clothing for the Day of the Dead in Cuenca is the typical Cuenca
chola clothing, she wears a skirt, a white blouse, a toquilla straw hat
or hat made of cow, beautiful jewelry and her hairstyle is two
braids
 Vigils or visits to cemeteries by the
relatives or friends of the
deceased, who bring gifts such as
flowers and food and decorate the
graves with candles and torches

TRADITIONS that illuminate the cemetery,

sometimes accompanying their
prayers with musical groups.
 TRADITIONAL FOOD
On these dates, as part of an ancestral rite, colada morada is made and
consumed, a drink made from black corn, a grain that means existence and
life, spices, aromatic herbs, blackberries, mortiño, pineapple and other fruits;
and, the “guaguas” of bread, molded and decorated in the shape of a small
child, sometimes filled with sweets
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