El ritual matrimonial en Chunazana: memoria y significados socio-culturales en las dos últimas décadas

Abstract

This research deals with marriage in the Chunazana community, of the Nabón canton, and its form of celebration through a ritual process that presents traditional elements of magical character; that, according to the beliefs of the population, will give the new couple a prosperous future. On the other hand, this marriage celebration evidenced of a Catholic colonial mestizo pattern of marriage. In the same way, within these celebrations there is a series of contracts to publicize this union in front of the family and the community, being common in all these the masculine domination and the generational power.