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Wixárika Route to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé)
~500 km across Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí & Durango (Wirikuta in Chihuahuan Desert)
Mexico
Active (annual pilgrimage)
Regional cluster
- Location
- ~500 km across Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí & Durango (Wirikuta in Chihuahuan Desert)
- Coordinates
- ~23.5°N 101.0°W (Wirikuta)
- Elevation
- Sierra to high desert (~2,000 m)
- Size
- Serial property of 20 sacred sites over 500+ km
- Age / Founded
- Ancestral (Wixárika/Huichol pilgrimage)
- Status
- Active (annual pilgrimage)
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral deities (Tatewarí/Grandfather Fire, peyote/hikuri); Wixárika religion
- Community & Guardians
- Wixárika (Huichol) Indigenous People
- Vernacular name
- Sacred sites / Kawitero route
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Pilgrimage 'braid of trails' to Wirikuta; rituals tied to deities, agriculture, peyote, community well-being
Plant species
Desert & sierra flora incl. peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
Biome & fauna
Chihuahuan Desert & Huichol sierra
Threats & protection
UNESCO World Heritage; threatened by mining in Wirikuta
Source
UNESCO World Heritage List #1704 (whc.unesco.org/en/list/1704)