Salasaca people

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The Salasaca people are an indigenous Kichwa-speaking community of the Ecuadorian Andes known for their rich textile traditions and strong preservation of ancestral customs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Salasaca people canonical 3
Saraguro people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ancestry pre-Columbian Andean peoples ⓘ
artForm narrative textiles ⓘ
symbolic motifs in weaving ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmovision Andean worldview ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
culturalContinuity strong preservation of ancestral customs ⓘ
culturalHeritage indigenous festivals ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional dress ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culture Andean culture ⓘ
dressCode distinctive traditional clothing ⓘ
economicActivity craft tourism ⓘ
local markets ⓘ
ethnicity Kichwa ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Quechua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Quechua people
heritageStatus bearers of intangible cultural heritage of Ecuador ⓘ
knownFor preservation of ancestral customs ⓘ
textile traditions ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
language Kichwa ⓘ
languageFamily Quechuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Ecuadorian Andes ⓘ
migrationPattern internal migration to Ecuadorian cities ⓘ
minorityStatus indigenous minority in Ecuador ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Ecuador ⓘ
region Tungurahua Province ⓘ
religion Andean indigenous beliefs ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
selfIdentification pueblo Salasaca ⓘ
settlementPattern highland villages ⓘ
socialOrganization community-based governance ⓘ
textileStyle bright colors ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
textileTechnique backstrap loom weaving ⓘ
pedal loom weaving ⓘ
traditionalBelief respect for Pachamama ⓘ
traditionalCraft belts ⓘ
handwoven textiles ⓘ
ponchos ⓘ
tapestries ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
textile production ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salasaca Kichwa → spokenBy → Salasaca people ⓘ
Salasaca Kichwa → ethnicGroup → Salasaca people ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Ecuador → ethnicGroup → Saraguro people ⓘ
linked to: Salasaca people
Yacuambi Canton → hasIndigenousCommunity → Saraguro people ⓘ
linked to: Salasaca people