The History and Religion of the Huichol Culture

Huichols or Wixarika are a group of indigenous people live in the rough and rocky terrain of central Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountain whose rituals and traditions have endured all the way through the centuries, even in the countenance of absurd unusual. In spite of the efforts to change them to Catholicism follow by the Spanish invasion of Mexico, the Huichols’ immobile live today is quite related to the time as their ancestors lived many centuries ago. Huichols’ religion engages in recreations of central role in their everyday lives. From the most ordinary job, to the majority consecrated rites, each activity has special symbols and those symbols allude to Huichols’ belief system “myth”. Myth is defined as “a sacred story that people believed to be true” (More, Myers, and Lehmann 2008: 504). Another definition is “The main cause for the Huichol ritual series and the myths inherent it is to preserve optimistic connections with ancestors who organize life and its developments” (Zingg 2004: xxxv). Various kind of Connection to Huichols religion has been found in each part of this culture…