Registro etnográfico de la cultura gastronómica de la etnia Chachis en la Reserva Ecológica Manglares Cayapas Mataje, provincia de Esmeraldas, 2017

Abstract

The following investigation´s objective is to generate the ethnographic registry of the gastronomic culture of the Chachis ethnic group in the “ Cayapas – Mataje Ecological Reserve”, Esmeraldas Province: for the development of the work, it was determined, the dependent and independent variables, through which it applied data collection instruments such as interviews, observation, and surveys, which were applied to the Chachi population of the San Salvador commune, especially taking as a primary contribution the elderly people who live inside this place who are the carriers of the cultural knowledge. The results obtained through direct observation, surveys, interviews and analysis, were captured in this informative work of a student nature, which allowed the collection of truthful information, fully studying the ancestral and current way of feeding that the Chachi population of this specific group has, evidenced the current problems with which it lives exposed, the loss of their culinary roots. The realization of this research provides an ethnographic registry to the Chachi community, which is captured and evidenced, through a written document, which has information on the Chachi gastronomy, which will help the new generations it does not lose the knowledge of their anthropological origins, during the passage of time. It is recommended the Chachi population to promote their culinary habits in the new generations, through the application of the revitalization plan embodied in this document, which has comprehensive plans and programs, projected as effective tools for community use that objectively allow promoting their culinary roots.