The Dance in the community of Zuleta Imbabura Ecuador a whole tradition

It is a Quichua dance of the province of Imbabura. It is performed during the months of August and September in honor of the pachamama (mother earth) and the inti (sun). This dance represents the work of the field from the preparation of the land worked with the strength of men, the sowing done by women, the harvest of corn or wheat made by relatives, neighbors and friends and finally the celebration in which Usually drinks aguardiente and the traditional chicha until the wee hours of the afternoon.


Dance, presence and elegance, strength of an Indian identity. Their dance, their movements express the presence of the Quichua man and woman of equal gallantry, manifest the relationship between space, time, sky and earth "the resistance of an experience full of energy and courage to continue. Dance of multi-colored polleras from a community of Hope "Zuleta" in the province of Imbabura, where men and women celebrate the religious and social celebrations of the Community wearing their clothes and attire "

By Martín Benalcázar