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Mascarilla

Afro-Ecuadorian masks in Mascarilla
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By Christopher Minster

Located not far to the north of Ibarra and near the town of Chota, Mascarilla is a small town that is not yet on the tourist trail in Ecuador. The roughly 1,000 inhabitants of Mascarilla are afro-Ecuadorians, descendants of black slaves brought into the Chota valley centuries ago to work the sugarcane fields.

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