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Which clothes can you name in English
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Describe their hats.
In Ecuador, there are about twenty
indigenous groups. Each group has its
own traditions, music, art, languages,
and costumes. Their clothes tell you
where they are from.
The North
1 Men from Otavalo usually wear
a black felt hat, white shirt, short
white pants, and blue poncho. They
also wear their hair in a
chimba
(long braid).
2 Women from Otavalo wear a long
blue skirt, a white shirt, and a blue
shawl (which they put on their
head when it’s hot). The women
usually wear red and gold jewelry to
decorate their clothes.
The Central Highlands
3 Clothes are very colorful in the
provinces of Chimborazo, Cotopaxi,
and Bolívar. Women wear thick
wool stockings, felt hats, shawls or
ponchos, and
anaco. The anaco is a
long piece of material (
tela espejo)
that becomes a skirt. They also
wear colorful belts (
guato).
4 To protect themselves from the cold,
men wear ponchos and felt hats.
The South
5 Women from Cuenca usually have two braids, not
one, and they wear white straw hats (
paja). Their
anaco skirts are short, and are usually very bright
colors, with little bits of gold or silver. Most people
wear flat shoes.
6 Loja is diff erent from Cuenca. The Saraguro
people wear black and white (black hats, pants,
and shawls). The women wear black and white
striped skirts.
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