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The Huichol Indians Of Mexico

The Huichol Indians (pronounced "Wee-chol")religious beliefs. Their colorful clothing is
are an indigenous tribe of traditional peoplesaid to give pleasure to their divinities,
living in western central Mexico, in theensuring the kindness of the deities and
states of Jalisco and Nayarit. Many live inprotection of the people. The Huichol men
small scattered settlements high in thewear elaborately embroidered muslin pants, a
Sierra Madre Mountains. Because of thelong tunic that is wrapped around the waist
extreme remoteness of this rugged mountainand held in place by a hand-woven belt, and a
area, the Huichol were not conquered by thekerchief which may be embroidered or can be
Spaniards, nor greatly changed by Mexicanmade from a combination of embroidery and
culture. They remain one of the last tribesfelt. Hand-woven and embroidered bags are
in North America still living much as theyoften worn, and during ceremonies a large hat
did in pre-Columbian times, maintaining manywith feathers may be worn as well. Huichol
of their ageless rituals and beliefs. Todaywomen typically wear delicately embroidered
it is estimated there are only about 10,000peasant  dresses.
Huichol  Indians  still  in  existence.
The Huichol are a highly creative people and
The Huichol believe themselves to be "mirrorsreflect their strong ceremonial traditions
of the gods" and try to reflect a sacredand rich mythology in their visionary art
vision of the world, both physically andwork. These visions are often inspired by
spiritually. To the Huichol, everything istheir peyote god whose divine gift enables
alive and has a soul (called kupuri) and isthem to communicate with all the gods. These
therefore divine. They are a deeply religiousmystical experiences can only be told by the
people and worship multiple deities. Theyshamans, but all are encouraged to express
make offerings and prayers to assure thethem in their art and offerings. Through
protection  and  goodwill  of  these deities.their artwork, whether it be beaded art
(chaquira) or yarn painting (nierika), the
The Huichol Indian tribe sees dress asHuichol encode and document their spiritual
another important way of expressing theirknowledge.



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