Huichol Yarn Art

Aztec s have been in Central Mexico since the 6th Century. The Spanish arrived in the 16th century and concurred the Aztecs. Most of native Huichol culture managed to survive intact because of the isolation and because the area lacked mineral or other resources of interest to the Spanish. Aztec Pyramid

Located in North West Mexico

High in the Sierra Madre Mountains

More Sierra Madre Mountain Range Mostly thorns and cliffs More Sierra Madre Mountain Range

Modern Day Huichol Indians Nature is truly the home of the Huichol.Without supermarkets for food, electricity for lights or television, and roads for transportation, they practice sustenance farming, walk wherever they go, and wake and sleep with the cycles of the sun and moon. Their rich, nature-based spiritual tradition permeates every aspect of their life. For them, everything in the environment is alive, containing life force or soul. This is why, for the Huichol, corn, clouds, trees, flowers, and even rocks are sacred. Modern Day Huichol Indians

Huichol call themselves, Wixaritari (meaning “the people or the healers”)‏

Renowned Huichol shaman from Mexico who passed away in 1990 at the age of 110.

Ceremony in the Sacred Land of Wirikuta

The Flood of the Third World

The Deer God