Some Huichol children are educated for six years and learn Spanish as a second language. On our tour, we looked through the barred window of a school, where children ate beans, rice and tortillas ...

This is why and considering that the Huichol language has no written form, pilgrimages perform a very particular function identified as an “itinerant Mesoamerican university”, main axis of a knowledge ...

When Jose Vargas arrived at the small Mexican village in search of his Indian ancestry, he left his police badge in the car.

The Huichol shaman then approached each of the guests, blessing us in his native language as he dipped a magnificent golden flower in water, and sprinkled it our heads and in our palms.

The Huichol, who might number 50,000, are poor but proud. They may be subsistence farmers eking out a living growing beans and corn, but they believe that their rituals to honor the deities and ...