Videos tagged with "mies"

New Year's Eve Ecuador [01:10]
At midnight on New Year's eve, effigies made of stuffed dummies w/ masks or paper mache are burned. The effigies symbolize an situation or idea or person that you despise and wish to get rid of in the new year. Here, an entire Smurf village is about to go down in flames in Cuenca, Ecuador. And I have to agree... who doesn't hate The Smurfs?
Tags: ecuador, new, year, smurf, village, burns, traditions, burning, effigies, in

ASI SE CELEBRA AÑO NUEVO EN ECUADOR...THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN ECUADOR [04:32]
Ecuador es uno de los pocos, si no el único país en Sudamérica que aún quema monigotes para celebrar el año nuevo. Esto es un ejemplo de cómo lo hacemos. De Ecuador para el resto del mundo. Ecuador is one of the few, if not the only country left in South America which burns dummies for the celebration of new year's eve. This is an example of how we do it. From Ecuador to the World.
Tags: Ecuador, New Year's Eve, Año nuevo, Quema, lsvillacis