Elaboración de un plan de revitalización cultural de la comunidad Waodani Nampaweno, parroquia dayuma, cantón Francisco de Orellana

Abstract

This research proposes the elaboration of a plan of cultural revitalization in the Waodani Nampaweno community, Dayuma village, Francisco de Orellana town; by applying the Victor Hugo Torres methodology, the Community Cultural Revitalization Manual includes the following aspects: cultural heritage exploration, community self-evaluation and cultural revitalization plan. For the cultural intangible heritage inventory the things of respect, the lore, symbols, and values; world view, legends, tales and the Waodani calendar were identified; then, these were described with detail in the INPC (National Institute of Cultural Heritage) file cards in the following subdomains: traditions and oral expressions, performing arts, social uses, rituals, and festivities, knowledge and practicies related to nature and the universe, and craft traditional techniques. Furthermore, an inventory of the natural heritage was made with the MINTUR (Ministry of Tourism) file card format. For the cultural revitalization plan desing the following plans were presented; oral tradition, gastronomy, handicrafts, clothing, music, dance, and traditional medicine. In the Waodani Nampaweno community which has cultural and natural biodiversity it is necessary that the cultural promoters place more interest to avoid cultural identity lost and apply the cultural revitalization programs. One of the planned activities is to monitor the plan so it could become part of the cultural attraction of the community tourism, it is also recommended that both children and adults get involve in the process and execution of the revitalization programs, which are tools to preserve, value, and make the most of the resources for the touristic development, this will strengthen the creation of a touristic product based on the cultural revitalization to make use of the resources in a sustainable way; thus, it offers economic benefits for the community in a short-term period. Key words: cultural revitalization, cultural heritage, cultural identity