Brisk Business in Dried Fish

This being Semana Santa (Holy Week) the dried fish sellers were out in force and doing a big business in Latacunga today.

Abstaining from meat is practiced during Semana Santa, and dried fish is also a key ingredient in fanesca, a traditional soup Ecuadorians eat a lot of on Semana Santa.

This fish stall was interesting, featuring dried fish with a bright yellow color. They must have used achiote or some other spice to give the fish this color.

This stall was more typical. There must have been about a dozen stalls like this selling dried fish today.