333: Ecuador's Ancestral Wisdom

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ancestral wisdom and traditions are not just "a thing of the past" but can be found in the present! And there is much to learn from them still.

Today, Hilda Labrada Gore, Wise Traditions podcast host and ancestral health advocate, shares stories of the ancestral health ways she encountered in Ecuador last summer. She notes the respect and gratitude toward Mother Earth (Pacha Mama) that she witnessed among the indigenous people, on display in particular during the spectacular Inti Raymi festival, celebrated during summer solstice. She describes how Mama Rosita Colta, a Kichwa partera (midwife) and curandera (healer) emphasized the importance of honoring life as something sacred, and how she was empowering women in her community to maintain their traditional birthing methods. Hilda also discusses the variety of traditional dishes that remain a part of Ecuador's culinary culture, including fried cuy (guinea pig). And, finally, she comments on how a small village in Ecuador handled COVID.

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0:00.0	After a mother gives birth, she feels spent and exhausted and wiped out from childbirth, right?
0:05.8	He said, we see the earth as in the same place after we get the harvest. So we do this in the
0:12.8	Rhyme Festival in part to reinvigorate the earth, to reenergize it. And the festival includes a lot of
0:20.9	dancing and it's not just dancing, it's kind of a lot of stomping. Like the days I was there,
0:26.6	it was the men. I think the men and the women take turns stomping. They literally
0:30.5	stomped day and night, re invigorating the earth is kind of like waking it up again and thanking it
0:35.6	and giving their energy to the earth.
0:43.5	From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for Wise Traditions
0:48.9	in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and
0:53.8	traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
1:02.5	Hey, Hilda here. Have you ever wondered about ancestral health and food ways in other parts of
1:08.2	the world? What wise traditions are still kept elsewhere? And what can we learn from them?
1:13.6	This is episode 333 and it features ancestral wisdom and Ecuador.
1:18.8	Listen in as I get interviewed about a trip I took with Karashina travel to explore the culture,
1:24.8	traditions and food of a beautiful country with a rich indigenous history and present.
1:30.9	Highlighted in today's conversation are lessons we can apply wherever we live, including
1:35.2	our connection to the Pachamama, Mother Earth, our need for community and the importance of
1:40.1	nourishing food traditions. You'll hear about the spectacular indeed Rhyme Festival,
1:45.6	celebrated around the summer solstice, a unique partnership between a local hospital
1:50.4	and a tableau and a Kichwa Partera or Midwife named Mamarro Sitacolta,
1:56.4	and diverse food ways that include fried kui, guinea pig.
2:00.4	You know me as the host and producer of this podcast, but here's a little bit more that you may
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