Chimborazo Kichwa

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Chimborazo Kichwa are an Indigenous Kichwa-speaking people of Ecuador’s Chimborazo region, known for their Andean agricultural traditions, communal social structures, and preservation of Quechua-derived language and culture.

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Chimborazo Kichwa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Kichwa people
agriculturalPractice Andean agriculture
agriculturalProduct barley
beans
maize
potatoes
quinoa
associatedWith Mount Chimborazo
linked to: Chimborazo
continent South America
country Ecuador
culturalHeritage Quechua-derived traditions
culturalPractice ritual festivals
traditional music
traditional weaving
culturalValue collective solidarity
communal work (minga)
reciprocity
environment highland páramo
inter-Andean valleys
ethnicGroupOf Ecuador
language Kichwa
languageFamily Quechuan languages
languageStatus Indigenous language of Ecuador
livestock alpacas
cattle
llamas
sheep
locatedIn Andes
Chimborazo Province
partOf Ecuadorian Indigenous peoples
politicalMovement Ecuadorian Indigenous movement
linked to: Pachakutik movement
politicalOrganization Indigenous community organizations
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
recognizedBy Ecuadorian state
linked to: Ecuador
religion Andean indigenous religion
Roman Catholicism
religiousPractice syncretic Catholic-Andean rituals
selfIdentification Kichwa
socialOrganization ayllu
communal land tenure
traditionalClothing felt hats
polleras
ponchos
traditionalKnowledge Andean agroecology
medicinal plants
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Indigenous peoples of Ecuador ethnicGroup Chimborazo Kichwa