viernes, 1 de enero de 2016

Origin of the New Year in Ecuador

In most Latin American countries it is attributed Hispanic origin and may be derived from ancient European pagan rituals as the Saturnalia of the Romans or Celtic rituals and Olentzero in the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain. One theory is that the ritual probably has links with the suppression of Aboriginal Indo Americans by the Spaniards.

Typical food

Roast turkey: easy to roast turkey with thyme, lemon, garlic and butter recipe.
Hornado pork: Ecuador to hornado leg marinated pork with garlic and cumin dressing, soaked with beer or chicha, and baked for several hours Recipe.
Pork: the roast pork is prepared seasoning the meat with a marinade of sour orange, onion, garlic, achiote, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and brown sugar, then baked at low heat for several hours.
Canelazo and naranjillazo: The canelazo is a hot cocktail of cinnamon schnapps. The naranjillazo canelazo is a version prepared with juice naranjilla.

Typical music


In the year-end holidays several songs that represent the customs and traditions of Ecuador as heard:
-Five pa 'twelve
-The old year
-New Year New Life
-I do not smelled the old year

Customs and Traditions

Years old: they are made from old clothes stuffed, you are going to shape according to the character or person that you want to burn the end of the year.
Widows are usually men who dress in black clothes and with the puppets are asking for money with the alleged purpose of financing the sarcastic funeral of years old.
Fireworks: is one of the protagonists of the celebration of December 31, when the clock strikes 00:00 and New Year embraces us all.
Twelve grapes: should eat 12 grapes before midnight, a grape for each of the 12 chimes of the clock and ask a different desire in every bite.
Hug and kiss: Represents the love and companionship of the couple. Hugs and kisses to your partner to make sure that the year will be full of romance.
Yellow Dress: The yellow underwear on the last night of the year, is indicated to ensure happiness, good times and wealth are missing.