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(CNN Spanish) -
The indigenous community of Pilahuín in the province of Tungurahua, in the central highlands of Ecuador, organized an ancestral ceremony of handing over the «baton of command» to Guillermo Lasso, who on Monday took office as the country's 47th president .
With music, dance and ancestral rites, the ceremony took place in the Tamboloma sector, where authorities and inhabitants of indigenous communities attended.
The event revolved around the "chacana", which is an Andean cross that symbolizes the union between the world and the human in the original cultures of the Andes.
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«The delivery of this baton in this chacana means - in the indigenous world - to transfer the power of the peoples, the good wishes and the positive energies of the Pachamama, and to deliver the friendship, trust and commitment between the original peoples "Said Manuel Caizabanda, prefect of the province of Tungurahua.
(Photo: General Secretariat of Communication, Presidency of Ecuador)
After the delivery of the baton, Guillermo Lasso thanked the indigenous community.
He also asked them to work together to improve living conditions in the rural and agricultural sectors.
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"I receive it with humility, committed to all of you to carry out and realize the dreams of prosperity of a people who want to advance, who want to prosper," Lasso said during his speech.
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The new 65-year-old Ecuadorian president offered the indigenous communities to “improve irrigation canals in rural areas, promote agricultural and livestock credit, simplify procedures and streamline processes to access productive loans, reactivate rural schools and intercultural education. ”.
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«I have called for a meeting of all Ecuadorians in diversity, that is, indigenous peoples and nationalities, the Afro people, the Montubio people, the peasant, the cholos and mestizos, of all the cultures that coexist in this beautiful territory called Ecuador, "said the president.
Guillermo Lasso had broad support in the provinces where there is the largest number of indigenous communities in Ecuador, according to the results of the second round of the presidential elections of last April 11.
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