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One of Ecuador’s most colorful --and bizarre-- traditions, is the year-end burning of the dummies. When the clock ticks over to 2010 on Friday morning, an observer with a good vantage point in Cuenca will behold an other-worldly sight of thousands of burning dummes and a ... [More]

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Panama hats have made the leap from the heads of Hollywood icons and intrepid jungle explorers to the fashionable masses of Europe and the United States. Models are wearing them on catwalks and teenagers are sporting them at clubs. But no matter how stylish, each of these hats has simple ori... [More]

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One of the great pleasures that many of Ecuador’s expats discover in their adopted country is art collecting. Even those who were not collectors back home take up the habit, smitten by the quality, variety, and sheer emotional force of the talent in this small Andean country. Anoth... [More]

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Reporting on his visit to Cuenca last year, Times of London travel writer Joshua Wellesey remarked, “I think I can safely claim that this charming little city has more culture per square inch than any place in the Western Hemisphere.” One of Wellesey´s notable Cue... [More]

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[Editor's note: The work of Cuenca cermacist Eduardo Segovia is on display at CIDAP until May 15. CIDAP is located at the Escalinatas (Calles Miguel and Larga) and Tres de Noviembre. The exhibt is a tribute to 60 years of the artist’s work.] As a child, clay got Eduardo Segovia into ... [More]

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The coincidence of Cuenca’s foundation celebration and Semana Santa has created one of the year’s busiest holiday weekends. Beginning Thursday, festivities include crafts shows, food festivals, choral, symophonic and rock concerts, circus performances and bull fights. Thursday ni... [More]

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By Aston Morrisey His hand-made guitars have been played by Freddy Fender, Judy Collins, and Spanish classical musician Pablo Menendez, according to a 25-year-old article in American Musician magazine. Cuenca guitar maker Juan Uyaguari say, however, that he can't vouch for the stor... [More]

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Almost three dozen Cuencanos crowded into the front courtyard of Zoe's Cafe Tuesday night for the first annual World Without Violence Art Auction. Ten of the attendees walked away with artwork by some of Cuenca's best-known artists. The event was sponsored by the Cuenca chapter ... [More]

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Cuenca tourism officials are urging local hotels, hostals and businesses to do a better of job of accommodating the city’s growing number of tourists. The current independence celebration has left late-arriving travelers with limited lodging options and the Azuay Hotel Association is u... [More]

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Through Tuesday, Oct. 14. Check El Tiempo, El Murcurio and the iTurs office for complete information. Photography exhibition: Peruvian artist Adriko Canales Date: Until Oct. 17 Place: Paul Cézanne Gallery, Alliance Française Hours: 7:30 pm Sponsor... [More]

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Like other major art centers, Cuenca has always depended on outsiders to enrich its heritage. One recent contributor, Liza Gafitanu Wheeler, caught the town's attention in February with a presentation of mosaic glass art at the Interamerican Center for Popular Art... [More]

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Most Cuencanos know Challuabamba only as the growing upscale suburb on the lower, eastern side of the city. For more than 100 years, however, the area has also been known as one of South America´s richest archaeological sites. Excavations by archaeology pioneer Max U... [More]

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Ecuadorian tradition, the New Year's Eve burning of the año viejo dummies, clears the slate for a better 2010

Although Panama hats are exported from Cuenca, the weavers live in small villages of the Andean countryside

Ecuadorian art: a tradition of ancient themes and modern conflict offers a treasure trove for collectors

Cuenca's cultural calendar is a veritable moveable feast of shows, exhibits, concerts and festivals

Work of famous Cuenca ceramicist Eduardo Segovia is a tribute to a life lived close to the earth

Cuenca foundation celebration and Semana Santa make this one of the year's busiest holiday weekends

One of Cuenca's master guitar makers likes the woodwork but goes for the balance

First World Without Violence Art Auction at Zoe Cafe draws a crowd and plenty of eager buyers

Independence celebration, tourism boom push city's lodging and entertainment capacity to the max

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‘Voices’ film festival continues at Sucre theatre

Romanian artist Liza Gafitanu Wheeler brings the ancient craft of mosaic art to Cuenca -- and makes a major donation to the Tadeo Torres Home for Infants

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Cuenca suburb of Challuabamba is a treasure trove of ancient Andean civilization