Briefly outline the cultural setting of the Ecuadorian Quichua who created the sanjuán heard in recorded selection CD 3:3 (“Muyu muyari warmigu”/“Vuelve, querida mujer”). In your answer, include where they live, what they share in common, and the importance of chaki ñanes.

What will be an ideal response?

• The Ecuadorian Quichua who created the sanjuán of CD 3:3 live in small clusters of houses (comunas) on the slopes of Mt. Cotacachi, one of several volcanoes in the Ecuadorian Andes. "These comunas lie outside the town of Cotachachi, in Imbabura Province."
• The Quichua are a traditional people that share a common language, agricultural life style, and similar material culture (houses, style of dress, diet, and so on).
• Having few motorized vehicles, roads, or telephones to get to places and for communication, most of the Quichua rely on walking. "For all Quichua, the way around the slopes on chaki ñanes (a network of footpaths) is second nature."