Canelos-Quichua Explained
The Canelos-Quichua, also known as the Quichua of Pastaza, is an Indigenous people of Ecuador. They are a Lowland Quichua (Runa Shimi) people, inhabiting the province of Pastaza on the banks of the Curaray, Bonbonaza, and Pastaza rivers, in Peru and eastern Ecuador.[1]
The Canelos-Quicha take up to three years for courtship, kinship creation, and marriage under the guide of a shaman.[2]
Their physical cultural heritage includes pottery.[3]
They speak a dialect of the Kichwa language, and are one of the Amazonian Kichwas.
Notes and References
- American Anthropologist. 80. 4 . 836-859. Ecological Imagery and Cultural Adaptability: The Canelos Quichua of Eastern Ecuador. Norman E.. Whitten. December 1, 1978. 10.1525/aa.1978.80.4.02a00040. November 10, 2024.
- Book: ESSAY: The structure of kinship and marriage among the Canelos Quichua of east-central Ecuador - in: In Marriage Practices in Lowland South America. 194–220, 265–283. . University of Illinois Press. . 1984 . Whitten. Norman E.. Whitten. Dorothea S.. November 10, 2024.
- Ceramics of the Canelos Quichua . 87. 8. 90-99 . Natural History . 1978 . Whitten. Norman E.. Whitten. Dorothea S.. November 10, 2024.
