Saraguro
i´d thought i´d give a quick update since i´ll be out of touch for another week in Saraguro.
however, i´m not sure what else to tell...my mom left for her galapogos trip after a short visit in cuenca. it was nice to be around someone familiar, someone who knows me.
tomorrow i leave for saraguro. i feel so lucky, blessed, fortunate, that i get to spend another week there. why do i love it so?
1. it is less touched by North American culture. Unlike Cuenca, it is more Ecuador and less United States.
2. to me, the people (the indigenous people specifically) are so beautiful. i could stare at these people all day. i feel like i have a crush on an entire population.
3. i really feel like these people´s worldview is more profound that what i see in the states. they respect the earth, they respect eachother, and they value the sun, the earth, their animals, their families, etc.
4. they´re so nice. might sound lame, but i just feel so welcome and comfortable around them. they´re fantastic.
this all refers to the indigenous culture of Saraguro. i really want this culture to be maintained and i want other people to know this culture. do i sniff a future here? perhaps. perhaps. we shall see.
so i´m a week more in Saraguro. then my program starts, which i hear is stressful and intense. can´t wait.
love to all
ps i love being a country that loves futbol
posted by leah v @ 6:29 PM
1 Comments:
Hello,
thanks for the nice words about Saraguro. We are a Saraguro Indigenou family living in the USA for about 6 years. We are trying to keep our culture alive even over seas and that is why I would like to share our web site: www.inkasnativo.com.
We go and visit Saraguro at least once a year because we really miss it.
Regards,
Silvia
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