Wirikuta pilgrimage route

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The Wirikuta pilgrimage route is a sacred path followed by the Wixárika (Huichol) people to their ancestral desert homeland in central Mexico, where they perform traditional rituals and peyote ceremonies.

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Wirikuta pilgrimage route canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural route ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage element ⓘ
pilgrimage route ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
associatedBelief connection to creation myths of the Wixárika ⓘ
journey of ancestral deities to Wirikuta ⓘ
associatedRitual offerings to deities ⓘ
peyote harvesting rituals ⓘ
prayers for rain and fertility ⓘ
associatedWith Wirikuta ⓘ
Wirikuta Natural and Cultural Reserve (proposed and partial protections) ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Wixárika people ⓘ
hasDestination Wirikuta desert ⓘ
ancestral desert homeland of the Wixárika ⓘ
hasElement ceremonial stops at sacred sites ⓘ
collective ingestion of peyote ⓘ
offerings of candles, arrows and yarn objects ⓘ
oral transmission of myths and songs ⓘ
hasPurpose performance of traditional rituals ⓘ
peyote ceremonies ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ
renewal of spiritual ties to ancestral homeland ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Wixárika people ⓘ
hasSpiritualFunction communication with ancestral spirits ⓘ
maintenance of balance between humans, nature and deities ⓘ
renewal of community identity ⓘ
languageOfAssociatedCommunity Wixárika language ⓘ
linked to: Wixarika language
locatedIn Mexico ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Central Mexico
partOf Wixárika cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Wixárika religion

Wixárika sacred geography ⓘ
protectedBy Wixárika customary law ⓘ
recognizedAs sacred natural landscape by Wixárika communities ⓘ
religionOfAssociatedCommunity Wixárika religion ⓘ
subjectOf cultural heritage protection initiatives ⓘ
indigenous rights campaigns ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural expansion in desert areas ⓘ
mining projects in Wirikuta region ⓘ
transmittedBy Wixárika elders ⓘ
linked to: Wixárika people

mara’akate (Wixárika shamans) ⓘ
linked to: Wixárika religion
traverses Sierra Madre Occidental region ⓘ
states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí (approximate traditional area) ⓘ
usedBy Huichol people ⓘ
linked to: Huichol

Wixárika people ⓘ
usedDuring annual pilgrimages ⓘ
collective community journeys ⓘ

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Real de Catorce → hasSpiritualSignificance → Wirikuta pilgrimage route ⓘ