El Año Viejo en Ecuador

El busca-datos- Sancho Hayes

El investigador de la festividad- Melodia Yates

investigador del arte y la comida- Daniela

Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches (Alfajores)

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and softened

• 1 1/2 cups dulce de leche, at room temperature

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

• 1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg

CLOTHING

• Men sometimes dress like women widows because the "Old Year" is seen as a man, and when "he" leaves, he leaves behind a wife

MUSIC DECORATIONS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=olZOJ36AAfU

La bandera

Capital- Quito

nacionalidad- ecuadoriano

moneda- Dollar de Ustados Unidos

Poblacion-15,654,411

porentaje de catolicos- 95%

• Catopaxi in ecuador is the world's most active volcano

• Ecuador is home to the Valley of Longevity where it is not uncommon to

live over 100 years and some have been thought to have lived up to 130

years.

Mapa------->

How is the holiday celebrated?

• Ecuadorians buy or make life-sized dolls to represent the negativity of the past year and burn them

• Sometimes they will stuff the dolls with fireworks

• They will also burn hated public figures such as politicians

• Families usually spend time together

• Families will burn another family member as an affectionate joke

• Men sometimes dress like women widows because the "Old Year" is seen as a man, and when "he" leaves, he leaves behind a wife

Worked Cited

www.2backpackers.com/9593/travel-videos/new-years-eve-chone-ecuador-ep19

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ingrid-hoffmann/dulce-de-leche-cookie-sandwiches-alfajor-recipe.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

http://acethetrade.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/us-dollar/

http://www.sangay.com/ecuadorguide/galapagos-islands/interesting-facts-about-ecuador-south-america-2014/