Plan de salvaguardia del patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la comunidad Kichwa Yutzupino, parroquia Puerto Napo, cantón Tena, provincia de Napo.

Abstract

This research aimed to elaborate on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Plan from Kichwa Yutzupino Community, Puerto Napo rural village, Tena Canton, Napo province; which was done through analytical, descriptive, and field methods; collecting primary information through participatory and secondary information from reliable sources. The research was carried out in three stages: in the first stage the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) was validated through workshops using the matrix proposed by the director of this work, who was based on three criteria: transmission, memory, and identity, qualifying as highly vulnerable and current manifestation; in the third stage the philosophical, strategic and operational approach was divided into three moments: The analytical phase included the SWOT matrix, prioritization of critical nodes and key success factors, stakeholder analysis, and stakeholder mapping. In addition, the philosophical phase included the development of the mission and vision; the strategic phase included the development of the annual operational plan for the programs and projects. Also, fourteen events were recorder, of which only 12 were validated: 4 highly vulnerable, 5 vulnerable, and 3 in force manifestations, 4 programs, and 5 projects were obtained based on the primary axes of safeguarding. To sum up, this project will allow valuing, protecting, conserving, and dissemination the community´s ICH, to keep its cultural identity alive and continue whith the transmission to future generations, thus recommending the community review the suggested programs and projects in order to implement them.