Quichua
Americannoun
noun
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Blanca Ashanga harvests corn in a field in the Quichua community of San Pedro Sumino in the province of Napo in the Ecuadorean jungle.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2013
The claimants called themselves Los Afectados, or the affected ones, and among their ranks were members of the Cofan and Quichua tribes.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 10, 2011
With gushing admiration, they photograph indigenous clothes, pay money to watch traditional dances, marvel over everything about Quichua celebrations, crafts, folktales, rituals, gods and goddesses.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Quichua words come back to me in tiny pieces that smell like wood smoke and people sweating in fields and rain-soaked wool.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
“Thank you, senora. I know my Quichua is awful. I practice every night in my room, but I don’t live with my parents anymore and so I don’t have the chance to talk Quichua.”
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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