The Tsachilas, a community of Colorado Indians (from whom Santo Domingo de los Colorados got its name), had their annual festival this past weekend in Chiguilpe, a pueblo on the outskirts of the city. The Hombro clinic may start sending a medical team out to the community, whose people are among the poorest of the poor here. Rich and I took the bus out with our four house guests and spent a few hours sampling the food (we took a pass on the grilled grubs, though a couple of the college girls tried them), looking at handicrafts made from seeds and wood and cotton, and watching the entertainment - music and dancing and a drama about global warming....a sad irony that this society which has left no footprint at all on the earth should have to be concerned about this travesty. The pictures above are of two Tsachila girls, two American men (Rich and Trent Blair, a Peace Corps volunteer from South Dakota who has been working with the Tsachilas) and a group competing for "best dressed Tsachila". Their red hats are actually their hair, which they coat with a substance made from the red achiote seed.
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