Wixárika
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Mexico
On Mexico’s sacred Wirikuta, a fence comes down, and hope rises
Thick clouds covered the unusually lush, green lands of San Luis Potosí as campesinos and their Wixárika guardians gathered at…
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After UNESCO, what’s next for Mexico’s Wixárika pilgrimage route?
Dawn takes its time in the Chihuahuan desert. By the time the first light brushes the hills above Wirikuta, Wixárika…
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Why is there a giant axolotl at Burning Man?
In the sweltering Nevada desert, amid a sprawling temporary city of more than 75,000 people, the Burning Man festival has…
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Sacred Wixárika route added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
A route through 20 sites sacred to Mexico’s Wixárika people was recently added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, becoming the…
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Sacred Wixárika route added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List
A route through 20 sites sacred to Mexico’s Wixárika people was recently added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, becoming…
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Wixárika to regain 2,471 hectares of land in Nayarit, Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum has taken decisive steps toward the restitution of ancestral lands to the Wixárika people in a historic…
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Doubts surround death of Indigenous leader in Jalisco
The Indigenous Wixárika community in northern Jalisco is raising doubts about the official explanation that a vehicle accident killed Yuniur…
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