Otavalo.-

This is the most important indigenous community that has managed to maintain their own economic and social structure. Conformed by the following communities: Agato, La Bolsa, Peguche, Quinchuquí and Cotama. Otavalo’s main characteristic is its initiative with an ambitious purpose of trade and business. They are known as “Indio Otavaleño”. But sociologists have given them the adjective of "Aboriginal Aristocrat of America”.

Salasacas.-

This ethnic group of Indians is the largest in the province of Cotopaxi. Their vestment consists of white canvas shirts and trousers, long and narrow black ponchos and a white wool hats decorated with a red or green ribbon.
This ethnic group is considered one of the most interesting due to their desire of keeping their own traditions and customs and living in isolation from the Occidentals. Their main activities is the cultivation of a fiber call cabuya ,which is use to wave ropes and sweaters that are sold in their traditional market of Ambato