What are the San Pedrinas de Tabacundo festivities?

 Information : 

People gather around six o'clock in the afternoon in El Arenal (the oldest neighborhood) of the city, and from there go to the square "1 de Enero", located in the San Blas neighborhood, where the stage of important people is assembled. of the city.

After going through the main streets of Tabacundo with a frenetic dance, the residents of Pedro Moncayo arrive to present their best suits, sing the most picaresque couplets and present their best taquidos in front of the tribune of authorities.

Carlos Julio Cisneros, communicator of the sector made a cordial invitation to these traditional festivities "Our canton prepares the realization within the activities within the Festivities of San Pedro this year (...) the inhabitants of the parishes, groups and families prepare their best galas for the celebration of the second year of these traditional festivities that celebrate the second year as a declaration as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ecuador, the festivities will be held from June 16 to July 28 ".

The character of the San Pedrinas festivities

 The Aruchico, important character of the party

He wears a goatskin leather jacket, a poncho of various colors, the main one being red, a large scarf of different shades that covers his head and a hat with colored ribbons. He also wears a cowhide cape to which bronze bells are attached, which with the violent movements of the dance produce deafening noises.

NIGHTS OF SAN PEDRO TABACUNDO

 HISTORY : 

The festivities of San Pedro date back to pre-Inca times, when the inhabitants of the Equinoctial Valley (Cayambe-Cochasqui), north of the Pichincha province, worshiped the solstices and equinoxes. It currently includes the Pedro Moncayo and Cayambe cantons.

At present, the folklore and other cultural manifestations of San Pedro have not only remained as the heritage of the indigenous communities, because the white-mestizo population has also assumed this celebration as their own, which constitutes the main axis of the cultural expression of Pedro Moncayo city.

TABACUNDO'S MUSIC ...THE BEST¡

Tabacundo's music is the best because it is very fun and happy. Tabacundo's music invites people from all over the world to dance, such as Americans, Italians, Ecuadorians, etc.

Verses can be heard in the songs like (min 4:05 )

" Zapateando duro duro, tomando chicha de jora sin emborrachar "

The words " zapateando duro duro" mean that we should dance to the rhythm of the music.Chicha de jora is a traditional drink made from a plant called Jora. Traditional drink of this festival