The Wixárika (also known as Huichol) people of modern day Mexico are an ancient culture that have existed for countless generations. They were never colonized and retain their own language, tribal governance, traditional arts, sacred ceremonies and a profound cosmology which is deeply interwoven with daily life.
The Wixárika are widely renowned as expert artisans, using brilliant colors to create “string paintings” with beeswax and beadwork which depict their sacred symbols, including the blue deer (Kauyumari), corn, Hikuri, prayer tools such as candles and feathers and the forces of nature.
Join Ekaa Virikuta Wixárika (the wind of the Wixárika people) — wisdom keeper, master artisan and ceremonial leader — as he shares the wisdom and cosmology of one of the oldest living traditions on earth.
About Ekaa Virikuta Wixárika
Since childhood, Ekaa Virikuta Wixárika has mastered the traditional arts of beadwork, ancestral music, and “yarn painting” which involves pressing brightly-colored string into wax to create elaborate images which often depict the sacred totems of their culture. He has traveled throughout the United States and Europe, promoting the traditional way of life of the Wixárika people. He spends much of his time supporting his community on their protected ancestral lands located in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican State of Jalisco. His work has been displayed at the Mingei International Museum in San Diego and around the world.