Tipología, sistema constructivo y materiales de la vivienda vernácula, costumbres y tradiciones de la parroquia Vilcabamba del cantón Loja

Abstract

The Technical University of Loja, in a cultural agreement with the Municipality of Loja, are concerned about the progress and progress of Loja and its South-Eastern parishes such as: San Pedro de Vilcabamba, Vilcabamba, Malacatos, Quinara and Yangana , Have considered it indispensable to present a project to rescue the ancestral customs and traditions of the inhabitants of the sector. This project aims to expand the understanding of the cultural identity of the parish of Vilcabamba and its surroundings, through the replica of the traditional house, using it as a tool for preserving the architecture and way of life of the residents of the sector. A record that serves as a reference and an instrument of diffusion and cultural information. The characteristic of the project is to be an ethnographic collection representative of the traditional vicar of the south eastern parishes of Canton Loja. The objects that are exposed are related to the own rural architecture that houses them, and they refer, in addition, to activities developed outside the house, in its environs or in places near the dwelling as the land of culture. Ethnography: "It is a research method of Social and Cultural Anthropology that facilitates the study and understanding of a specific sociocultural domain, usually a human community with its own identity. The data collected consist of a dense and detailed description of their customs, beliefs, Myths, genealogies, history, etc. "