Huichol handcrafts - Bag - Huichol
Expression of Folk Art Huichol (Wirraritari): The Huichol are one of the only races that has managed to remain "pure" since the time of the Spanish conquest. They refer to themselves as "Wirrárrica" or "Wirraritari" (plural). It is not known whether the word "Huichol" is a variation of "Wirrárrica" or "Wixarika". They are in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental, north of Jalisco, the mountains are inhabited by a mystical Huichol culture; in which constantly enigmatic worlds are created whose recurring characters are moons, suns, trees, labyrinths, spirals, mountains and cosmic oceans tirelessly are expressed in art, religion and customs of the Huichol, a town of Huichol artists who he has maintained free from external influence through the centuries come from the central western Mexico, where the Huichols live in places removed from the Sierra Madre Occidental in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco.