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Meaning of ñapango




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

ñapango
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In the Departments of Cauca and Nariño in Colombia and Ecuador it is a way of calling the man mestizo. It also means mulatto. By extension man of the people, villager. Another way to call it is bag. The word is a deformation of the Quechua language term llapanga or llapango, which means barefoot, walking on clean foot. He is a type of man woman who is usually engaged in weaving, embroidery or dressmaking and handicrafts.

  




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ÑAPANGO in Colombia and Ecuador: name given to the mestizo from the municipalities of Pasto and Popayán, in southern Colombia and in the region of Quito, Ecuador.

  



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