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Several mestizo-bands in Ecuador made use of indigenous musical elements in rock music since the 1990s. Rocola Bacalao integrated Andean rhythms and made in their song-texts references to emblematic rural towns, such as Pujilí in Cotopaxi. Sal y Mileto and Casería de Lagartos coined the genre of new Ecuadorian Rock. Nevertheless, in the 1980s ...
Chávez was born in Quito and studied at the National Conservatorio Nacional de Música de Quito, where in 1952 he became professor of guitar and composition. [2]In 1962, Bonilla founded the first guitar department at the National Conservatory of Music in Quito, Ecuador.
View from atop the Itchimbía hill. In the background (upper part of the photo) is Cruz Loma, a southeastern sidehill of Pichincha Volcano to which the TelefériQo leads. In the foreground (lower left part of the photo) is the hill of San Juan neighborhood with the cathedral known as Basílica del Voto Nacional, a few hundred meters away from Itchimbía.
Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha ( Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, [ 3 ] Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha ) (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, [ 3 ] Spanish Rucu Pichincha ) (4,698 metres ...
Independence Square in the Historic Center of Quito. The Municipality of Quito (officially the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito) is the governing body of the city of Quito and the Metropolitan District. Its headquarters are at the Municipal Palace, located on the east side of the Plaza de La Independencia. The municipality is ...
Quicentro Sur is a shopping mall located south of Quito that opened in August 2010. [2] It is the largest mall in Ecuador. [2] It contains 350 shops, an entertainment area, a food court, ten cinema screens, a large plaza for events, and an ice rink in a construction area of 165,000 square metres (1,780,000 sq ft) over a total area of ten hectares (25 acres).
Pichincha Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the town of Pichincha. Its population at the 2001 census was 29,945.
Bomba or Bomba del Chota is an Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance form from the Chota Valley area of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura and Carchi.Its origins can be traced back to Africa via the middle passage and the use of African slave labor during the country's colonial period.