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Huichol Indian Art
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The Huichol Indians of west central Mexico have their homeland deep in the barrancas of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Today, they can be found in the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and Zacatecas. Historically living remotely as subsistence farmers, the Huichol are a spiritual people whose ceremonies and rituals form the center core of their lives.
Throughout history and despite the dramatic shrinkage of their homeland, these Indians have managed to blend the outside influences that have intruded upon them into their culture, remaining distinctively Huichol.
In recent years, there has been a new phenomena among the Huichol population, the "urban" Huichol. The Huichol who live in and around urban communities do so primarily because of the advantage this affords them in selling their art. Most urban Huichol go back to their mountain homeland frequently because of strong cultural ties to their ancestral way of life. Some, having achieved teaching certificates, go back to educate the primary age children who speak only the Huichol language. The sale of their art enables the Huichol Indians to keep one foot firmly entrenched in the culture and tradition of their religion while the other strides forward into the 21st Century.
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