CUMBAL
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The story takes place near the volcano of Cumbal Nariño. It's full of flowers and trees instead. It also has a strong river currents and a deep lake whose waters are black.
Geographically the village is known as Cumbal, but as it is an indigenous town (It is said that 100% of the population, about 93% are indigenous) also known as the Great Indigenous Reservation Cumbal. Although it is an indigenous town, Spanish is the most spoken language, of course there are some words that only are spoken there, such as achichay or achichucas.
FOOD
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Cumbal is a cold place; it is about 3100 AMSL, for that reason potatoes, beans, carrots and many vegetables are produced. Furthermore it is supported of livestock. There is a cold dessert typical of the region the Paila ice cream, In the past the peasants took down the ice blocks of the same volcano but now with modernity and global warming this practice has been forgotten. If we talk about typical dishes, the Cuy is the dish that definitely represents this region, much of Ecuador and Peru.
TOURISM
It has two of the largest volcanoes in Colombia: the Cumbal volcano and
the Chiles volcano which each have a lake. Mythically it said that
the two volcanoes are the male and female. Hot water comes out of the Chiles
Volcano and there people go to relax.
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Other tourist attractions are the stone mines, the
interesting thing there is the Stone of the Machines. This is a stone made
by Los Pastos before colonization. It has a hieroglyphics with
monkeys and the sun is in the center, the people said that Los Pastos
were the first nation to discover that the sun is the center of the
universe.
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CLOTHING
Nowadays, people wear sheep wool ruanas and hats,
but before the peasant women wore colorful skirts with braids. It is a
pity that many customs have changed because of capitalism.
ARCHITECTURE
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In Cumbal most of the houses have two level, there are very
few old houses built of earth and stone, since the village was demolished by an
earthquake many years ago. As in most towns in Colombia, the central park has
the town hall and the Catholic Church. People said that the church's
Central Park is one of the most beautiful in the region because it is made of
stone.
