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Montubio is the term used to describe the mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Hybridity, Mestizaje, and Montubios in Ecuador
by Karem Roitman
Montubio is the term used to describe the mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
. The Montubio make up 7.4% of the country's population and were recognized as a distinct ethnicity by the government in the spring of 2001 after protests that included protracted hunger strikes. The Council for the Development of the Montubio People of the Ecuadorian Coast and Subtropical Zones of the Littoral Region (CODEPMOC) was granted official status and government funding.
The Montubio are known for their ranching activities, rodeos, machete
Older machete from Latin America
Gerber machete/saw combo
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s and distinctive attire (including Panama hats
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cost ...
, originally made in Montecristi). In Ecuadorian literature, the Montubios have been written as "a local stock coastal character" by novelist Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (October 12, 1908 – May 1, 1993) — born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American nove ...
and the "Guayaquil Group": Demetrio Aguilera Malta, Enrique Gil Gilberto, and Joaquín Gallegos Lara. They have also been recorded by Jenny Estrada in ''El Montubio – un forjador de identidad'' (1996), Teodoro Crespo in ''El Montuvio: Centro de la Colonización'' (1959, 2nd Edition), and by José de la Cuadra in ''El Montuvio Ecuatoriano'' (1937).by Karem Roitman
See also
*Cholo pescador
''Cholo'' () is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of ''castas'', ...
References
Ethnic groups in Ecuador Mestizo Ecuadorian culture {{SouthAm-ethno-group-stub