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Saraguro and Salasaka Foodways

Indigenous

Two Kichwa peoples widely held to be MITIMAES — communities the Inca relocated from elsewhere in the empire — and who remain distinct from their neighbours in dress, organisation and food. The SARAGURO of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe, cattle-keepers and cheese-makers at altitude with a strong communal structure. The SALASAKA of Tungurahua. ⚠ THE MITIMAE ORIGIN IS THE TRADITIONAL AND WIDELY REPORTED ACCOUNT and the detail is not settled by documentary evidence; it is recorded as such.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Saraguro community documented
  • Salasaka community documented

Languages: Loja Highland Quichua

What is recorded

  • The Saraguro and Salasaka are widely held to descend from mitimaes, communities relocated under Inca policy from elsewhere in the empire. This is the traditional and widely reported account; the documentary evidence for the specific origins is not conclusive and the claim is recorded as such. probable

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