
Costumbres - Monigotes in Ecuador
Duolingo Spanish Podcast
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New Year's Eve Minigote
Raoul's first orders started with just 300 figures, but it soon grew to a thousand. He found that people liked having their own minigote instead of sharing one large effigy among the whole family. Raoul feels his mini tes are not changing the custom of new year's eve celebrations in ecuador. Instead he sees them as an evolution of the costumbre, one that is more practical and sustainable.
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