Continuidades, cambios y representaciones: el cinco como ritual fúnebre en la parroquia Baños (1960-2021)

Abstract

The present project focuses on the study of the mortuary ritual of the called Cinco or Pichca, which consists of the washing and purification of clothing, home and family. The study place is constituted by the Baños rural parish, which is characterized by maintaining different festive, traditional and ritual practices within the funerary culture which, over the years, have been modified and transformed, either by the influence of the society in which they cohabit, the changing culture, globalization, among other possibilities. For this reason, it is proposed to analyze what changes and what continuities have occurred in the funeral ritual, from the 1960s to the present, using research techniques such as documentary review, observation and in-depth conversations. Thus, through this study, it is intended to make visible the different practices that still persist in the ritual of the Cinco in Baños.