文化日
The list of 2005's winners was entered into the Official Registry Nº 175 on December 28, 2005, and the actual ceremony took place in January 2006. Usually the winners are announced by August 9, to commemorate National Culture Day (Día de la Cultura Nacional), and to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (The House of Ecuadorian Culture).