Análisis de la tradición oral de leyendas del cantón Alausí

Abstract

In most cases, narration and orality converge clarity to revise busy customs that reorder the social process of a community which gives validity to practices, knowledge, knowledge and past experiences of the locality. Alausí, territory of the province of Chimborazo, has a significant cultural wealth that makes it a particular area that is why the Canton of Alausí is taken as the benchmark to analyze some of the legends in the villages of the Andes. This is due to being a people closely linked to their oral tradition, given their multiplicity of customs, traditions, beliefs and cultural identities. The present essay uses a qualitative approach focused on the documented research technique, bibliography to expose several relevant aspects about oral tradition and legend. It is concluded that it is vital the motivation to settlers of Alausí, children and young people to continue with the oral tradition as part of our identity and encourage other researchers to continue this type of work in order to obtain a broader knowledge of the oral tradition Ecuadorian