Los amorfinos y las tradiciones orales en el cantón Piñas provincia de El Oro

Abstract

Abstract:Traditions, such as town bands, greasy sticks, enchanted pots, thundering, targets and the traditional castle, always adorn the religious festivals of the Piñas canton with lights and merriment. They make with the faith of the parishioners an indissoluble amalgam that has transcended time, relying on traditional orality to be transmitted to new generations. No However, it is perceptible the decline and deterioration that in recent years has presented in its preservation the oral tradition and even more so the amorphous that in our canton is synonymous with extinction; inertia on the part of young people, disinterest of teachers and the apathy of the government authorities, are among the main causes of this problem. The methodology, science that leads us towards the desired results and relying on inductive methods, deductive and ethnographic and holding on to their mixed, qualitative approaches (surveys, descriptions, etc.) and quantitative (data collection and analysis), we conclude that lyrical singing such as amorfino It has an important contribution in the construction of the cultural identity of the people of Piñas, sustaining itself over time.