RECOPILACIÓN DE BEBIDAS DE ANTAÑO EN RITUALES Y FESTIVIDADES DE LA PARROQUIA RURAL DE CALACALÍ PARA SU CONSERVACIÓN E HISTORIA A TRAVÉS DEL TIEMPO

Abstract

In Ecuador there is a great variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, within the different cultures that settled in Ecuador they were contributing knowledge of drinks of yesteryear, such as chichas, api, tzawar mishki, brandy and many more drinks that are will be developed later.

The drinks were widely used for different rituals, such as chicha de jora, which was prepared for the four most important festivals of the year according to the Andean worldview and these festivals are Inti Raymi, Pawkar Raymi, Kolla Raymi and Capac Raymi.

There were other drinks that used to be used in different festivities at the national level, in the Republican era, jucho began to be prepared, it was made and is made in the spring season (February, March and April) it was represented with the party of flowering, the festival of the new fire, the Mushuk Nina festival, this drink is prepared with the fruits of the spring season that are, capulí, guaytambo, accompanied by other ingredients such as panela, cinnamon, cornstarch, tzawar mishki, clove scent and sweet pepper.

Quito, northwest of the province of Pichincha, in this land we can find many people who make different traditional preparations and one of those is chicha de arroz, chicha de jora, guagua chicha, aguardiente that is better known as puntas.