- Title: Indigenous groups bless Ecuador's new president in traditional ceremony
- Date: 25th May 2017
- Summary: COCHASQUI, ECUADOR (MAY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL HEADGEAR WALKING THROUGH CROWD INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS AMONGST CROWD GENERAL VIEW OF NEW ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT, LENIN MORENO, WEARING RED PONCHO AND HOLDING HANDS IN THE AIR WITH BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES (WEARING STRIPED PONCHO) AND OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DURING CEREMONY INDIGENOUS MAN BLOWING CONCH AS HE PASSES BY CROWD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE GATHERED FOR CEREMONY
- 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: LVA0016IC7WHV
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- 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. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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