Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

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Rein has just posted Tsachilas chicas from 1968 - http://www.columbusmagazine.nl/zuid-amerika/ecuador/noordelijk_laagland_en_kust/reisreporter/fotos/455850.html Here we see tsachilas children from now., Their clothes are much brighter. I can imagine the dyes in Rein's time were from plants, natural and now synthetic. Although the weaving is still done by hand in the commune. Most children now go to school, I dont think it was like that in Reins time. That it one of the reasons that it is hard for the Tsachilas to keep their culture , the young want education and often that means movign away to the cities.

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

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Hier de trein Del Nez de Diablo, de trein naar de duivelsneus. Voorheen mocht je er bovenop zitten, maar sinds er in 2007 2 Chinese jongens zijn onthoofd doordat ze gingen staan (draden lopen overal!!), is het officieel verboden. Mits je voor de conducteur goed in de buidel wil tasten, mag je er tussen 2 stations even op!!

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Ecuador • Santo Domingo de los Colorados

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A detail of the handloom used by the Tsachilas to weave their brightly coloured striped cloths that women and girls wear. Men and boys wear blue and white striped cloths.