Tamales
Channel: Ana Maria Lopez Molina
Date: 15/02/2013

Cuento de las comunidades afro-descendientes de la frontera norte de Esmeraldas Ecuador en Eloy Alfaro.  Story from the African descendant communites of the north border of Esmeraldas Ecuador. Translation:
They made a bet. 
-Ok- said the old man to the old woman. -Let's make a bet. Let´s buy some tamales and who ever speaks first has to throw away the leaves.
-Deal- said the old woman.
The man who sales tamales screamed -Tamales! Tamales!, Tamales!.
She bought the tamales and they sat face to face.
After they ate the tamales, they put the leaves in the middle.
They saw each other. One looked at one another but neither could speak, because it was bet.
When two youngsters passed by -good morning auntie. She stayed silent. 
-Good morning uncle! -he kept quiet.
They walled a little further to the neighbors and say-The old couple don´t speak or answer, I think they have died. 
Well, let´s make a coffin and put them there, since they are dead.
One of them said -let´s put the old woman underneath the old man. 
-No-  said the other  -Let´s put the man at the bottom of the women.
But when they were placing them in the coffin the old man yelled -No! put me ontop.
So he had to throw away the leaves.