Fernanda's CARNIVAL

Carnival 

Ecuador and Rio the Janeiro 

Ecuador carnival 

The festival of flowers and fruits :
Origen:

Party Fruit and Flowers is one of Ecuador's most popular celebrations and takes place in Ambato, for the carnival. This feast began to be celebrated in 1951, as a way in which people celebrated their rebirth Ambato, after an earthquake destroyed the city in 1949. The Feast of Fruits and Flowers was in the beginning (after the earthquake) an agricultural fair, but in 1951 coincided with the carnival. It is so called because the players are precisely fruits and flowers are produced in abundance in the region, and this party is, somehow, the opportunity to thank the earth for its fertility, and portend good harvests

Food 

The dish par excellence of Ambato: the llapingachos. This delicacy takes potato omelet, especially as it becomes golden fried; accompanied by: handmade chorizo, whose taste has not been imitated elsewhere, fried egg, avocado, lettuce and tomato.

We also find all fruit juices and combinations not imagine indispensable alongside llapingachos.

Also taste the amazing pies morocho; delicious hornado with mote; broth "31", chicken, yahuarlocro; booklet and other specialties of our local food, yet incredibly prepared and served with all the charisma of its vendors.

Llapingachos 

Also taste the amazing pies morocho

Music 

Ambato Land of Flowers

Carnival  from Guranda 

Traditions 

Election of the Queen of Ambato

Chacarero parade Ambato

Activities 

Parade Guaranda 

                                           

Parade Teran ... Pillaro

Carnival in Rio the Janeiro

Carnival has been a massive party for centuries. The Greeks celebrated many festivals of its kind in honor of the god of wine. The Romans continued to celebrate in honor of Bacchus and during Saturnalia, where men spent an entire day in a drunken state and according to tradition, the masters and soldiers exchanged clothes. The Roman Catholic Church later adopted these celebrations until Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar. "Entrudo" is the name of a Portuguese festival which apparently is the source of the Rio Carnival. The first dance of Carnival in Rio was held in 1840 and participants danced polkas and waltzes, as opposed to the samba, which was not introduced until 1917.

FOOD

Unquestionably the typical food of Rio de Janeiro is the feijoada, a dish of the most complete found in almost any restaurant and it is especially on Saturdays tradition. Full carioca feijoada is composed of a stew of beans (beans) black cooked with pork, bacon and sausage mainly served with white rice, farofa (toasted manioc flour), leaves couve (cabbage or spinach) finely chopped and slices of orange. It is also common to find platters that include some kind of fried meat, fried potatoes, rice, farofa and a portion simple Feijao (only baked beans without meat).

The steaks, a combination of different types of meat cooked on a grill that is usually accompanied by white rice, Feijao, farofa, fried potatoes and salad. Best to test as much as possible to be meat is to visit one of the famous rodizio type churrascarias city where spectacular buffets for various types of meat and seafood, made the coals are served.

Leão Veloso soup, a strong and tasty dish made from shrimp heads, fish, lobster and other seafood, accompanied by tomato and saffron.

Music

Samba 

                                           

                                                                            Music Rio the Janeiro



Traditions and activities 

The culmination of the modern carnival is considered the performance of the samba schools. It is a fairy spectacle of dance, preparing for a year. The luxurious costumes and mastery of dancers enchant viewers daily in Fietsa involved more than 100 schools dances. Carnival in Rio is considered the event important scale, so the organizers of the party try to make it more attractive for tourists.

The end 

NEW YEAR ..!!!! Fernanda Ninacuri

                                                   

 NEW YEAR   .......

NEW YEAR IN ECUADOR

ORIGIN

Burning the old year has ancient history and occurs in many parts of the world, and it was in the Babylonian, Greek and Roman cultures.

Rome, worshiped with Prometheus custom of figures of men, birds and animals were burned to represent human vices.

TRADITIONS

In Ecuador parted the year ending getting older years are puppets made from old clothes or stick with newspaper it represents everything good and bad that happened to us during the year and burned at midnight and we put firecrackers or explosives and burn quite rumble and that the best things come next year and wrong fence.

The celebration of New Year is performed in all cities of Ecuador, mainly with the tradition of burning the old year or puppet, a fact that represents leaving behind the negative experiences of the past year and welcoming a new one, with the hope it's better than the last.

TRADITIONS AND FOOD

There are many more traditions like eating twelve grapes, dress in a certain color, turn your home with a suitcase if you want to travel. Finally, I believe that the burning of old is the most popular as tradition says once you start doing your old man, you must do each year for seven consecutive years, because if you stop doing bad luck come into your life, the tradition of burning old also, the idea that by doing these burning all the bad things that happened that year to the new year, hoping for better days.

Finished years old burn proceed to sit the whole family for dinner or baked turkey baking Piglet and wine or champagne to toast the new year. In this way it represents what the new year we will not miss the food in abundance, but not all households Not so with good bread is happy while we are in union with the family.

MUSIC NEW YEAR

NEW YEAR IN CHINA

In this festival, which has a history of almost four thousand years, welcoming spring occurs. From that day, the farmers are prepared for sowing and for Chinese represents the effective start of a new year.

While in the West the year begins on January 1, in China the 'Nian' (year) starts near the end of January or early February, thus varying based on the traditional calendar, known as 'Moon' or setting '

The Chinese lunar calendar incorporates the lunar cycle and the position of the sun. According to legend, the calendar goes back to 2600 BC, when the Yellow Emperor, Shih Huang Di, began the first cycle of the Chinese zodiac and appointed an animal to represent each year in the cycle of 12 years.

TRADITIONS

It is a period full of celebrations, the New Year's Day begins and ends with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first month. Family visits, special meals and fireworks happen. Everyone celebrates, especially during the first three days of the festival.

To receive the "Spring Festival" people clean their homes with old brooms, which is then thrown away. Hang red banners with poetic verses on their doors, decorated with Chinese New Year paintings on the walls and red lanterns. Fireworks and firecrackers are released, hoping to ward off bad luck and bring prosperity. Children receive money from family and tradition close the remaining tasks facing the new year, so it is important to pay debts.

FOOD 

The first day of the beginning of the year is traditionally not eat meat for a long, full life. It is a way to welcome the gods of heaven and earth. That day is the big day Dragon Dance, highlight of the Spring Festival is also known as this year again.The first day of the beginning of the year is traditionally not eat meat for a long, full life. It is a way to welcome the gods of heaven and earth. That day is the big day Dragon Dance, highlight of the Spring Festival also known as the New Year.

All meals must be prepared Andes the new year as KNIVES SAVE should be short but a new year.

Long noodles, for long life and not the courts!

Shrimp for Abundance

Long Green Vegetables for a Green Year and Good Harvest

MONO VIDEO OF FIRE

Fernanda Ninacuri ...CHRISTMAST ...

 CHRISTMAST

Christimas is undoubtedly the most important festival of western culture,including Ecuador .Originated in commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazaret.

                                                    CHRISTMAST IN ECUADOR

For being a Catholic country Ecuador , a very special activity is the develpment of birth or Bethlem,and Prayer Novena of Baby Jesus that takes place every night from December 16 .

Midnight Mass 

Christmas Midnight Mass is celebrated in this way on Christmas day and the commemoration of the birth of  Jesus is received.It is celebrate on December 24 .Where it is reported on in the birth of Jesus.

The past of the Child 

It is a very old tradition whose overall aim is to worship the birth of the child Jesus through processions .

Christmas tree

He is adorned with light bulbs,figures and fake snow  that makes it with cotton or selling spray .I recent years trying to ban this is that trees that aere used are natural because in December the Carolina park is the largest of Quito is full of trees and it is a shame that nature is destroyed and so even for a tradition .

 Food for christmast
Christmas meals are :
Pristine
Chicken soup
Turkey
Cinnamon

 CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED IN MEXICO

Approximately on December 16 posadas are celebrated the suffering that passed the Virgin and Joseph ,when Jeeking an inn Road Bethlehem to give birth to the child is shown

Come to the inn is a piñata that have broken with blows of a cane and wearing a blind fold .
The piñata represents sin .Then hit with the stick represents the strength that God allows , man to kill sin .The person wearing the blind fold as a representation of our walk blindly in to the world Up on breaking the piñata candy foll, as a representation of the awards that God gives us become sin .

 On 24 and 25 December are celebrated by Mexicans in atraditional way.Family Gather for lunch and dinner ,sing carols ,celebrate the birth af Christ.

MERRY CHRISTMAST  !!!

    CAROL 

Fernanda Ninacuri Quito's party

      Origen of the Party :

It is  commemoration of the Spanish Foundation of the city of San Francisco of Quito , wich took place on December 6  in 1534 , under the direction of Spanish conqueror Sebastian  de Benalcazar on the remains of what was once the second capital  of the Inca Empire before these capital of the legendary King of Quito , run by the Quito  Faces .Until the 1950 , on december 6  was commemorate with only a possible parade and a civic event in the city and the traditional Solemn Session of the Municipality of Quito .

Quito parties born half acentuary ago . Your calendar celebration took the Spanish founding of Quito in the heart of the old site was tianguez Indian settlement manors the  conquered by the Inca invasion.

San Fransisco of Quito 

Sebastian de Benalcazar 

Typical food

Typical food festivals play a dynamic and extremely important role in how people identify with the fesvites by popular gastronomy .The kitchen of a people or a particular meal, show the different tradicions and  anciet  customs that are still alive .

Fresh figs 

Ingredients :

20 figs , ripe but firma , washed 

A pinch of baking 

2 lb brown sugar or brown sugar

Cinnamon, cloves and other spices

Optional water 

To accompany cheese .

Make a cross shapped cut in the narrowest part of figs .

Place the figs bowl and cover with water , soak them for a day .

Sift the figs and place them in a pot, cover with water ,about 8 cups of water .

Add the pinch of baking soda and then boiling water with figs, cook for 15 or 20 minutes unit soft .

The next day looms water and drain each child .

Put the brown sugar and spices in a pot , add 6 cups of water and cook over low heat until brown sugar is completety dissolved and starts to turn into honey .

Add the figs and cook over low heat until honey thickens , aproximate 2 or 3 hours .

Serve figs  hot or cold , served with slices or string cheese or slices of cheese 

Canelazo passion fruit

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Ingredients 

Passion fruit  : 8 units 

Cinnamon : 2 springs 

Brandy :1 cup 

Water : 2 litters 

sugar : 100g 

Preparation 

Remove the pulp of passion fruit and beat them with a little water.

Pass through a fine sieve to obtain 250 ml of juce .Put in a saucepan the juice obtained , add the water and cinamon and simmer for 10  minutes .

Add the sugar and stir well until dissolved .

Try and rectify the sweentness if necessary .

At serving time, add the brandy and serve hot.

There are other typical mealson holidays like:

Patatoes locro 

Patatoes Locro 

Legs broth

Music

One of traditional events that will enhance the Festival Parade is will be in the Coliseo General Rumiñahui on Saturday November 28 Popular Marco Symphony  participate Brothers Miño Naranjo ,Chocolate Trio ,Paco Gody Morales , Paulina Tamayo , Margarita Lasso, Gerardo Moran .

Gerado Moran

Brother Miño Naranjo 

The samely there will be electronic music at the Alliance Francaise Hince the Marc electronic festival will run from 6 : 00

 Durin the festivities and dancing to admite the town bands , and head out see the platforms where dances ,music groups and vaned artistic expresions in many parts of the city are presented.

       Traditions and Activities in the party 

• The proclamation.
  
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• Fellowshile parades in the north and south of the city 
  

• Quito serenate 
  

• Dances in the neighborhoods 
  

• Election of the Queen city 
  
• Wood car rancing 

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• Town bands 
  
• Chivas tours