Traditions and activities

The year-end celebration is performed in all cities of Ecuador

In Quito, people crowd to witness the competition of old. Cuenca and Guayaquil people roam the neighborhoods.

The generally politicians, corruption, sports or social, entertainment, topics are explained with captions.

The Old Year is a puppet representing the past year, made from old clothes, cardboard or paper, stuffed with straw or sawdust and often with pyrotechnics, to be burned at midnight on December 31.

Incineration at midnight December 31 is a purification ritual to ward off bad luck and transitional because the new year is also celebrated.

The Widow is a man dressed in women's clothing, requesting financial aid to burn the old.