spoke Kichwa, the Quechua dialect spoken in Ecuador, and Spanish. In 1990, the number of Otavalo people was estimated at 45,000 to 50,000 in the Otavalo area...

hails from the town of Otavalo, which is known for its traditional music. The Ecuadorian band "Yarina", which sings in Kichwa and Spanish, won Best World...

Vercoutere identifies herself as Kichwa Otavalo although her upbringing was intercultural as her mother was a Kichwa Otavalo nurse while her father was a...

(historic) Kichwa-Lamista Southern Pastaza Quechua Huanca Chanka Q'ero Taquile Amantaní Anqaras Huaylas Piscopampas Huaris Sihuas Ocros Yauyos Yarus Otavalos Salasaca...

peoples of Kichwa nationality in the Ecuadorian central mountain region, founded in 1972. Twelve ethnic groups of the region—Natabuela, Otavalos, Karanki...

Conejo Maldonado) is an Ecuadorian poet of Quechua origin. He was born in Otavalo in 1961. He studied at the Central University of Ecuador. He has worked...

first female Attorney General of Ecuador (1999). Nina Pacari: First Kichwa-Otavalo Sarance female lawyer in Ecuador Mariana Yumbay: First indigenous (Waranka)...

privileged groups. However, some groups of Indigenous people, such as the Otavalo people, have increased their socioeconomic status to extent that they enjoy...

after a bloody 20-year war. At that time, the Kayambi people adopted the Kichwa language, a dialect of the Quechua family of languages. Not long afterwards...

Sánchez (born 1955) is an Ecuadorian educator and indigenous leader of the Otavalo people. Chancoso was born in Cotacachi, Imbabura Province, Ecuador in 1955...

Cuicocha (Kichwa: Kuykucha, "lake of guinea pigs" or Kuychikucha, "rainbow lake") is a 3 km (2 mi) wide caldera and crater lake at the foot of Cotacachi...

the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC). Arotingo comes from the Kichwa people of Otavalo and was born near the Cotacachi volcano. She holds master's degree...

Spanish, and a large portion of the population also speaks the Imbaburan Kichwa variety of the Quechua language. The summit of Cotacachi Volcano at an elevation...

Mágicos. The city is located 8 km (5 miles) northwest of the artisan city of Otavalo, about 4.8 km (3 miles) west of the Panamerican Highway (Route 35). It...

Ecuador, Huayna Capac imposed upon the tribes the use of the Quechua (or Kichwa) language, lingua franca of the Inca and still widely spoken in Ecuador...

more privileged groups. However, some groups of Indigenous, such as the Otavalo people, have increased their socioeconomic status to extent that they enjoy...

dancing in Ecuador is Sanjuanito. It is originally from northern Ecuador (Otavalo-Imbabura). Sanjuanito is a type of dance music played during festivities...

descendants of peoples conquered by the Incas, they are Kichwa speakers and include the Caranqui, the Otavalos, the Cayambe, the Quitu-Caras, the Panzaleo, the...

consisted of several small-scale chiefdoms including the Caranqui, Cayambe, Otavalo, and Cochasquí. The names of the first three are preserved in names of...