The History and Religion of the Huichol Culture

Huichols or Wixarika is a group of indigenous people living in rough rocky terrain of the Sierra Madre Mountains in central Mexico and its rituals and traditions continued for centuries, even ridiculously rare faces. Despite efforts to change them to Catholic after Spain invaded Mexico, today's Huichols' immobile life is closely related to the centuries when their ancestors lived. . Huichols' religion reappears in their daily life.

Huichol is an indigenous maize (corn) farmer living in Sierra Madre in northern Mexico. Corn, and the deer and cactus that Huichol is involved - are an important element of their lifestyle. Cactus is a rare cactus found in Mexico, which contains chemical muscarin. "In Huichol's religious philosophy, deer, corn, cactus are bonded.Without the deer's blood, maize can not grow.The deer can be sacrificed until the cactus is hunted.The" here , Schulz shows the relationship between the three most famous cultural symbols of Huichol; in these projects Peyote seems to be a figurative pillar causing Huichol's religious activities, but at first you You must make a pilgrimage to find the cactus; start a journey of about 350 miles.

In Mexico on my last night, I visited Tierra Huichol, a gorgeous shop in Fifth Avenue. The store uses colorful hand-drawn artwork from the artist Huichol (pronounced Wee-Chol) from Jalisco and the state on the Pacific coast of Nayarit. I had the opportunity to speak with Carlos who is the owner. Carlos talked about something about craftsmanship. Because Japanese seed beads are perfect, Huichol people mainly use Czech glass seed beads. First cover the animal's image with beeswax and then insert small glass beads one by one into the wax to create these wonderful designs. One of the main problems is that the wax will solidify over time and some beads may fall. I was told they were looking for artificial materials they could use (similar to beeswax) to help them reduce the loss of the beads.