The joy
and color to invade this county held Yamor the traditional party, with which
the natives are grateful for the harvest of corn, while paying tribute to the
Virgin of Montserrat.
From 1 to
8 September each year, takes place on the Feast of Yamor Otavalo, known as
"The Gayest party in the city Friendly Country".
During the
festival of indigenous origin in the city develops the craft fair, which
attracts the attention of the whole country. The Yamor is chicha is done with a
mixture of seven different kinds of corn produced in the region.
The
festivities take place from September 1 with the blessing of the corn crop. The
proclamation is an explosion of joy, waste of dances and music. This also makes
the choice of gallant queen.
Around the
motivations of the party's traditional Yamor two aspects. Some people state
that has character tribute to the harvest of corn, as our ancestors did. With
the variety of grains was extracted with chicha that was really what the
leaders of the tribe of the Otavalos paid homage to the crop and should thank
their gods. That Yamor called chicha.
On the other hand from
the religious aspect of the coming Montserrat virgin, from Spain, is settled in
a suburb of the city and began to be celebrated the Yamor date.
I think that this Fiesta del Yamor is the opportunity for the families to get together, and those who have left to work abroad come back for this celebration.
ResponderEliminarThe Yamor festivities are a manifestation of Otavalo's multi-cultural population: indigenous peoples thank "Allpa mama" (Mother Earth) for the maize harvest, at the same time that the mestizo culture pays tribute to the Monserrat Virgin or "Nina Maria", patron Virgin of Otavalo.