Transcript Ecuador Peru Bolivia

Ecuador, Perú,
y Bolivia
Comida
Celebraciones
Lugares de Interés
Información Adicional
La Comida
Ecuador:
- main dish always has rice and
usually a meat stew.
Bolivia:
- lemon-marinated shrimp,
toasted corn, and pastries
stuffed with meat or cheese
- potato is served at most
meals, sometimes with rice
and noodles.
- other dishes include roasted
guinea pig and bull penis soup.
- charque de llama, dried
llama meat, fried, served
with stewed corn, hard
cooked eggs and cheese.
Perú:
- considered one of the most diverse
cuisines in the world
- ceviche, a citrus-based raw seafood
salad
- anticuchos, beef liver roasted with
potatoes and corn
- cau cau is cow intestine stew with rice.
- lechon, roast suckling pig.
- humitas, fresh corn with
cheese wrapped in corn
leaves and steamed.
Comida Ecuatoriana
Comida Peruana
Comida Boliviana
Celebraciones
Bolivia:
- Most honor one of the saints
- Fiesta de San Juan
- Ritual of Inti Raymi
Peru:
- Fiestas Patrias
Ecuador:
- Fiesta de la Mamá Negra
Festivales de Bolivia
La Fiesta de San Juan:
La Fiesta de Inti Raymi:
- June 23-24, the longest and
coldest night of the year
- “festival of the sun” on June
21-22
- celebration started at
midnight with bonfires to bless
people with health, prosperity,
and fertility
- on the winter solstice, the
shortest day of the year
- kids bath in Amazon river to
purify themselves in the
morning.
- some regions of Bolivia run
through the fires or walk on the
hot embers
- based on a ritual from
thousands of years ago by the
Incans
- celebrate to welcome the sun
and rebirth of nature
- fireworks, performances by
folkloric groups, food, dance etc.
Fotos en Bolivia
Festivales de Perú
Fiestas Patrias:
- consists of 2 days, July 28-29
- July 28 – celebrates the
independence from Spain
- 21 cannon salute at dawn, flags
raised at every home, business etc.
during entire month of July
- July 29 – honors the Armed Forces
and National Police
- almost everyone attends a Mass at
9am including the president
- a great military parade follows
which with almost all of Peru’s
weaponry on display
Festivales de Ecuador
La Fiesta de la Mamá Negra:
- happens in November, but day
varies every year.
- a parade of characters from
throughout history and various
heritages.
- includes dances, musicians, and
marching bands
- ends with Mamá Negra on
horseback.
- bears dolls representing her
“children” and is in an elaborate
costume.
- sprays milk and water on parade
goers and throws candy and
containers of wine to the crowd
Lugares de Interés
Ecuador:
Galapagos Islands
Amazon Rainforest
Perú:
Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia:
Lake Titicaca
La Paz
Lugares de Interés
• Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
• Volcanic islands along the equator – 13 main and many smaller
secondary islands
• “Galapago” means saddle and many believe that the tortoises have
shells that look like old Spanish saddles.
• The tortoise is a unique animal found only in the islands.
Lugares de Interés
• Amazon Rainforest - Ecuador
• covers nearly 40% of the country.
• access from 3 roads through the Andes.
• don’t fly – always unreliable and weather causes cancellations.
Lugares de Interés
• Machu Picchu - Perú
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referred to as “The Lost City of the Incas”.
is the ruins of the Incas
discovered by an American, Hiram Bingham.
located on Machu Picchu mountain, near Cusco.
most visited place by tourists in Peru.
Lugares de Interés
• Lake Titicaca – Perú y Bolivia
• located on the border of the two countries.
• is the largest lake in South America.
• 6 different islands to stay on at the lake – some in each country.
Información Adicional
- 18 different languages spoken in Ecuador.
- Life expectancy is 69 years in Peru because of poverty.
- natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, volcanic activity,
and mudslides in Peru.
-“Yungas Road”, world’s most dangerous road, is in Bolivia. 25 cars plunge off the
steep road and more than 100 people die each year. This road connects northern
Bolivia to the capital, La Paz.