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| Primary Students Perform a Traditional Folk Dance |
The founding of Guayaquil is celebrated in July with parades and other festivities downtown and at schools across the city. There are a few popular explanations about how Guayaquil got its name. According to legend, Guayaquil is named after an Indian prince and his wife, Guayas and Quil, who fought against invasion from the Incas and Spanish conquistadors. Rather than surrendering to the Spaniards, Guayas and Quil committed double suicide with Guayas killing Quil and then drowning himself. Another explanation is that the word Guayaquil is traslation from "Our Big House" in Kichwa, a dialect of the Quechuan language that is spoken by indigenous populations in Ecuador and Colombia.
Regardless of how Guayaquil got its name, there was a history of fighting between the indigenous people and the Spanish before and after the city was founded by Francisco de Orellana in 1537 or 1538.
Colegio Americano’s Preschool celebrated the founding of Guayaquil by parading through the school campus and having breakfast of comidas tipicas (typical foods) on the Preschool lawn. The Primary school held an assembly that included historical and cultural song and dance performed by the students.
Regardless of how Guayaquil got its name, there was a history of fighting between the indigenous people and the Spanish before and after the city was founded by Francisco de Orellana in 1537 or 1538.
Colegio Americano’s Preschool celebrated the founding of Guayaquil by parading through the school campus and having breakfast of comidas tipicas (typical foods) on the Preschool lawn. The Primary school held an assembly that included historical and cultural song and dance performed by the students.
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| Preschool Children Eat Breakfast of Comidas Tipicas on the Lawn |
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The celebration included a performance by a bells band from a local private naval academy, the Unidad Educative Academia Naval Almirante Illingworth. |
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