Canelos-Quichua


The Canelos-Quichua, also known as the Quichua of Pastaza, is an Indigenous [people of Ecuador]. They are a Lowland Quichua people, inhabiting the province of Pastaza on the banks of the Curaray, Bonbonaza, and Pastaza rivers, in Peru and eastern Ecuador.
The Canelos-Quicha take up to three years for courtship, kinship creation, and marriage under the guide of a shaman.
Their physical cultural heritage includes pottery.
They speak a dialect of the Kichwa language, and are one of the Amazonian Kichwas.