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1 July 2012 Festival Hunting by the Kichwa People in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Anders Sirén
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The hista, a festival that blends indigenous and Catholic traditions, is an important component of the culture of the Kichwa people of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and hunting is a key part of festival preparations. In the community of Sarayaku the biomass hunted during festival hunting, calculated based on hunters reporting their catch, constitutes less than 4% of the total long-term harvest rate. However, certain species are particularly targeted during festival hunting, some of which are threatened. Particularly for woolly monkeys (Lagothrix spp.) and Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini), festival hunting constitutes a large proportion of total offtake. The tradition of celebrating the hista can survive into the future only if wildlife populations are conserved. This is a challenge and an interest shared by local indigenous communities and conservationists alike.

La jista, una fiesta que mezcla tradiciones indígenas y católicas, es un elemento importante de la cultura Kichwa de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana, y la cacería es una parte esencial de los preparativos de la fiesta. Según los informes de los propios cazadores, en la comunidad de Sarayaku, la biomasa cazada durante estos preparativos constituye menos del 4% de la extracción total a largo plazo. Sin embargo hay algunas especies que son particularmente buscadas durante la caza para la fiesta, y algunas de ellas son especies amenazadas. En particular para los chorongos o monos lanudos (Lagothrix spp.) y el paujíl (Mitu salvini), la cacería para la fiesta constituye una proporción considerable de la cosecha total anual. La tradición de la jista solo podrá perdurar en el futuro si se conservan las poblaciones de animales silvestres. Se trata de un reto y un interés compartido por las poblaciones indígenas locales y los conservacionistas.

Anders Sirén "Festival Hunting by the Kichwa People in the Ecuadorian Amazon," Journal of Ethnobiology 32(1), 30-50, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-32.1.30
Published: 1 July 2012
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KEYWORDS
Ecuadorian Amazon
hunting
Kichwa festivals
Lagothrix
Mitu
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