KICHWAS MASK, ECUADOR

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Since ancient times, when the Inti Raymi, the biggest celebration for the Kichwa peoples, arrives, many families dedicate themselves to making the Aya Uma mask. This is significant because it represents the Andean world. It shows the duality of the cosmos (good and evil, Sun and Moon, good and bad, day and night, future and present, north and south). He has hair that symbolizes wisdom and the flower of the corn.

The indigenous people thank Mother Earth for their crops, argue the inhabitants of Otavalo.

The Aya Uma is the character of the Inti Raymi. Also known as the huma devil, it is believed that he drove away the demons of the crops. Its name was given in the Spanish Conquest to frighten the indigenous people, when they celebrated festivals in honor of ‘pagan gods’, including the Pachamama, the Sun or the Moon.