Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes

List of Illustrations

Illustrations 1.1 Map of the Latacunga-Ambato region   5 1.2 Cruz Pamba   18 1.3 Map of Salasacan sacred places   19 4.1 The blessing for the clearing of the table   70 5.1 The funeral of Manuel Jiménez   81 5.2 Espirita Masaquiza spinning wool with her granddaughter Emilin   93 5.3 A commemorative mass in the cemetery   99 7.1 Map of sacred places and mountains invoked for healing   126 7.2 Manuel “bathes” in the sacred earth at Cruz Pamba   131 8.1 Salasacan artist’s depiction of the landscape in the afterlife   146 8.2 Offerings left at the shrine of achupalla plants on Quinchi Urcu   149 8.3 A Salasacan man and woman walk from Quinchi Urcu to Palama   164 ...