sediment The Huichol are one of the purest indigenous breeds of Mexico that are located in the Sierra Madre Occidental. proud custodians of the traditions about its origin and customs that have been jealously guarded and handed down through the centuries from generation to generation, from father to son, a feature of indigenous Mexicans, because this has been largely preserved their ethnic identity. Huichol culture has not undergone major changes in its conceptual aspect and surely not for long.
The story of the origin of man in this ethnic group is the result of their encounter syncretic and the arrival of the English in America certainly learned about the world's creation in Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, the Jesuits and Franciscans. The latter were the first who came to New Spain with Cortez. At that time, many religious people came to the king of Spain in order to get a license to travel to India, among them his brother Peter of Ghent, a relative of Charles I. Say Muñoz Camargo (*) describes how the priests preached the gospel in the "new world":
"We say to the great admiration that the natives had when did these religious, and how they began to preach the Holy and Sacred Gospel of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Not knowing the language, but did not say that in hell, pointing to the bottom of the land by hand, there was fire, toads and snakes, and having just say this, raised his eyes to heaven, one saying that God was above, also pointing to the hand ... "
But not until the eighteenth century that formally began the evangelization by the Franciscan to the Huichol. Then emerge the legends and stories of the tribe as currently conceptualized, one of which is the origin of life from the "flood" which takes place on Lake Chapala.
Little is known of the period between the conquest of what was once the United New Galicia (**) and the acculturation of the Huichol and the area in the High Sierras and the mountains were a refuge for discontented slaves and Indians who took advantage of the isolation, while also enjoyed incommunicado detention and even some English mestizos. What I do know of these years is the influence of the Spaniards that lived with them, there is evidence of the acquisition of cattle and horses, but the forms of government and social structures were not severely altered, all outside the direct control of the English. There was a barbarous border and not at peace, had to master for the sake of the Viceroyalty, first by the proximity to urban areas and work as Guadalajara and Zacatecas also the missionaries had to demonstrate their work to evangelize. The rest of the story of indigenous people in Mexico and we know it.
The Huichol Indians population censuses in the country have been mixed, the National Institute of Population and Geography (INEGI) reported in 2000 to 30.686 Mexican Huichol language speakers, of which 4.651 are monolingual: they do not speak English. A sampling in 2005 of the Institute who are already 35.724 points that speak this language. Other indicators estimated a population of almost 44,000 Huichol currently distributed mainly in areas of Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas and Durango. Revenues in the field is based on agriculture and livestock, there is a high percentage who have migrated to large cities since the last century, lost their language and other features of Aboriginal culture is growing, but in modern times has developed an important new trend and today the conditions for urban migration can enable and encourage Indians to retain their identity as Huichol within the dynamics of the city, the popularity of their culture, clothing and especially their craft represents a role model for them, the market not only tourism but also to collectors and museum exhibits and galleries reached very high levels of popularity, this craft lately professionally produced under the influence of this stimulus. Some have even traveled abroad on numerous occasions invited to exhibit.
Huichol Art tells stories, his pictures of beads or yarn, or any other "canvas" using represent the theme of myths, legends, legendary experiences, all related to your way of conceptualizing culture , filled with magic and creativity. Thank
Wixarika teachers (Huichol in your language) by promoting art and culture of Mexico in the world integer.
The Association of Friends of MAP, AC's mission is to promote and support the Popular Arts of Mexico, in an effort to achieve their goals dedicate time and effort into the project Vochol ® ( http://vocholaamap.blogspot.com / ) piece of art object in which a group of Huichol beadwork worked in line with a car, creating a unique artwork will be auctioned abroad and surely be part of a major collection.
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| photo: alexpiedrabuena.com The Maestro. Francisco Baptist work in the Vochol ® |
POPULATION 5 YEARS AND THAT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE HUICHOL BY STATES BY THE CENSUS OF 2000 (***)
(**) We are now the states: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Aguascalientes and Zacatecas, Mexico.
(***) Source: INEGI
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