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What is Quitsato or The Middle of the World? |
| Quitsato is the first integral project from Ecuador, which develops an extensive work, studies and revalues the concept of the Middle of the World, considering it as the base of Ecuador cultural identity. The project develops different activities. |  |
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| | Safeguard of the Cultural Patrimony | | The word Quitsato appears from Tsafiqui, an ancient language of the Tsáchilas who are an ethnic group from the Ecuadorian coast. It is a compound word: Quitsa means Middle and To means World. Therefore, Quitsato means Middle of the World. more>> | | We believe that the biggest problem in Latin-American is the lack of a solid, mature, cultural identity, due to all social transformations in the historical processes. European conquest disturbed the balance and coexistence of American people with their environment and cosmogony. more>> | | The archaeological sites of the Equinoctial Andes have been forgotten and abandoned by the local people. There has been very little archaeological research because the traditional academic society underestimated these places.more>> |
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