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Mythical origin of the Canaris
The main myth about the origin of the Canaris, depending on the version of Bernabé Cobo (l964 – 15l – 152) is:
The natives of the province of Canaribamba, have to be saved from the flood two young brothers in a high mountain that is in the land called “Huacayñán” and that after the flood and acabándoseles past the food they had collected there, went out of around in search of food, leaving abandoned his home, which was a small hut that had been made for shelter. Sustainer of roots and herbs for a while became a great need and hunger. But to return one day to his hut in search of food they found broken tired very stocked with various foods and plenty of beer without knowing where or who had made them so remarkable and beneficial gift.
Being much admired, sought diligently to see if someone showed up there, desiring to know whose hands were aided in time of so much tightness and found no trace of people sat down to eat and then killed by hunger and spent ten or twelve days, always finding ranch supplies as the first day. Over time, curious to see and know who made them so good, they agreed that a stay hidden in this house and made a hole in the darkest part of the hut, where he got the watch, the other went to their field exercise. At this time saw the sentry was to enter through the door two parrots (birds belonging to the genus of parrots), then they were in turned into two beautiful women as much as it pallas nobles of royal blood, richly dressed in suits today women using cañaris with length hair, and surrounded by a beautiful ribbon in front, and that removing the licllas, which are their coats, began to dress as they brought to eat.
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The boy came out of hiding this courteously and embraced them, began to make conversation with them, which then ruffled and embarrassed to be seen, without a word rushed out of the hut, and turned in its first form of macaws, went flying without preparing or leave this day COMIECO.
The boy when he was alone, seeing that they had not gone as he wished to cast began to grieve and mourn, cursing his luck. Being in this distress, the field was another brother and learned the incident, he quarreled with anger and rage, accused of being a coward and a man without spirit or courage, having lost big time in short both agreed to stay hidden at home, for as they used to see if they returned through the door and took human form, appearing two beautiful women and began to sort food.
The young men who were in ambush alive, having made sure a while, suddenly came out and shut the door without a courtesy some embraced them, whom the agitation did not result in taking his figure of birds. They began with anger and despair to scream and struggle to get loose, but the young men, at last, with the compliments and loving words soothed and when they were calmer hincadamente begged told them his home, his progeny, his lineage and the cause of venirles make as much profit.
They, and peaceful and treatable were told that the “Tecciviracocha” commanded them to do ministry, relief that conflict not to perish of hunger.
In CONCLUSION, they were the wives of the two young men and succession that left claim to have inhabited the province of cañares, and so was this nation and macaws to the famous hill shrine of “Huacayñán” and main goddesses macaws with whose feathers are often decorate their parties and festivities and worship idols in the shape of these birds.
