Indigenous groups bless Ecuador's new president in traditional ceremony

Record ID: 875862

  • Title: Indigenous groups bless Ecuador's new president in traditional ceremony
  • Date: 25th May 2017
  • Summary: MORENO HOLDING OBJECT RECEIVED FROM INDIGENOUS MAN DURING CEREMONY INDIGENOUS MAN WAVING FLAMES FROM FIRE TOWARDS MORENO (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT LENIN MORENO, SAYING: "We are here to tell you all that never ever will we betray you. I will always be with you shoulder to shoulder." GENERAL VIEW OF LARGE ECUADOREAN, INDIGENOUS FLAGS DRAPED OVER HILL BY CEREMONY WITH CROWD GATHERED BELOW MORALES PRESENTING MORENO WITH PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS LINING UP TO RECEIVE INDIGENOUS BLESSING INDIGENOUS WOMAN TOUCHING MINISTER ON HIS FOREHEAD AS ANOTHER INDIGENOUS PERSON PLAYS INSTRUMENT AND WALKS AROUND MINISTER
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2017 21:59
  • Keywords: ceremony indigenous group new President Lenin Moreno Ecuador
  • Location: COCHASQUI, ECUADOR
  • City: COCHASQUI, ECUADOR
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036IC7WHV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Ecuador's indigenous groups performed a traditional blessing for new President Lenin Moreno on Thursday (May 25) in the ancient Andean city of Cochasqui just a day after the Socialist leader was inaugurated.
    The colourful centuries-old ceremony was performed alongside Bolivian President Evo Morales and is a show of good will for Ecuador's new leader. Indigenous groups presented Moreno with a wooden sceptre to symbolise the sacred, ancestral, spiritual significance of the South American nation.
    Moreno has vowed to step up the socialist policies of his predecessor Rafael Correa, including greater recognition of indigenous rights and culture in the country.
    Speaking to the crowd from different indigenous groups, Moreno vowed to stand with them in government.
    According to the United Nations, there are more than a dozen indigenous groups in Ecuador with a history that goes back up to 11,000 years.
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