Huichol Art at Hotel des Artistes

For us is proud to present to you in our gallery, the great exhibition of Huichol Art, colors, history and knowledge of our past and present culture.

                                                           Huicholes

Wixárika (Vuirraricas pronunciation), also known as Huichol inhabit the western central Mexico in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit. Wixarica or call themselves ‘the people’ in their language called by linguists or vaniuki Wixaritari (known as the Huichol language), which belongs to the family of Uto-Aztecan languages. The Huichol ethnonym was given by the Aztecs in a derogatory manner to Wixarrikas since before the Spanish Conquest.

The Wixaritaris speak a cora-chol group that is closely related to the Nahuatl or Aztecoid group. They have also received Mesoamerican influences, which is reflected in the Huichol has features typical of Mesoamerican Linguistic Area.

Attire: The traditional dress varies from one region to another and is characterized by its striking and elaborate clothing, especially the male suit. All designs have an important religious significance.

Women’s attire consists of a blouse in one color, inside and outside skirts, with a flowered cloak to cover their heads and necklaces of beads. The men wear white cotton trousers and shirts of the same material that have opened the bottom of the sleeves, these garments are embroidered with elaborate color symmetric designs. The Huichol use straw hats trimmed with beads or balls of yarn, a square layer folded in half is placed on the shoulders and, eventually, earrings and bracelets of beads. To tie the tails of his shirt at the waist wool ribbons are used. Each man carries several small bags, footwear sandals or sneakers. Older kids dress like their parents, while the smallest walk naked.The Huichol are a group proud of its cultural wealth, are cheerful, communicative and hospitable, and is often seen carrying their colorful traditional clothing made of cloth embroidered with bright colors. The men wear woolen laminated bags with beautiful embroidery and, according to their number, is the social and economic position of those who wear it.

The Wixaritari are notorious for their showy dress. The Kamirra (shirt) or kutuni ie ‘long shirt’, open on the sides and tied at the waist with juayame ‘broad and thick belt’ made of wool or yarn. Above the girdle are several Sack Packs kuihuame embroidery or huaikuri called, together with a cord. They are not saved anything, they only serve to complete the decoration. Crossover shoulder carries one or more tissues or kuchuri or embroidered bags. On the back, embroidered shawl tubarra species, is tied to the neck and takes the edge strip of red flannel. A hat they call rupurero (hat), made of palm and adorned in various ways according to use: with sequins, feathers, yarn, flowers, thorns or pieces of bark. Man is always wearing clothes more ornate.

The wife puts all his care for the clothes look great embroidered. In contrast to the male attire, costume Huichol women is simple: It consists of a blouse to the waist, which they call kutuni. The skirt waistband ihui call leads on the bottom edge a wide band of embroidery as well as the blouse. He covers his head with ricuri, consisting of two boxes beautifully embroidered white cotton also.

The traditional decorative designs clothes Huichol are of enormous variety and preserved from ancient times to describe a magical significance Norwegian anthropologist Carl Lumholtz, Unknown’s Mexico in 1896.

For the Huichol fiestas usually paint their faces with designs symbolic and ritual ceremonies in the maraakates used muwieris ‘sticks adorned with feathers’.