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Crafts and Culture

Crafts and Culture. Example Power Point/Paper. Huichol Yarn Painting. Originally intended as ceremonial offerings to the Spirits to insure a bountiful harvest, yarn paintings continue today as a testament to the whole of their religiou and cultural beliefs. Background of Huichol Culture.

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Crafts and Culture

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  1. Crafts and Culture Example Power Point/Paper

  2. Huichol Yarn Painting Originally intended as ceremonial offerings to the Spirits to insure a bountiful harvest, yarn paintings continue today as a testament to the whole of their religiou and cultural beliefs.

  3. Background of Huichol Culture The Huichol Indians are a small tribe of 35,000 living in central western Mexico near Ixtlan in the Sierra Madre Mountains. They are said to have maintained their pre-Columbian traditions. • Huichol Indians originate from the Aztec tribe and there are only a few thousand surviving since the Spanish invasion • This tribe of native Indians inhabits the hills in the North Western region of Mexico • Unlike other tribes, these people have not completely lost their identity in the modern era

  4. Roughly ten to fourteen thousand Huichol Indians occupy the Sierra Madre of North Central Mexico. Religion and magic permeates all of life for the Huichol and art is prayer and direct communication with the Sacred Realm. To the Huichols, religion is not a part of life, IT IS LIFE. Their art is a direct extension of their religion and it is made not from the standpoint of decoration but to give profound expression to concepts of spiritual beliefs.

  5. Other Crafts… In addition to creating yarn paintings, the Huichol culture also created… - Masks: often made out of yarn or beads

  6. Animals: Often created out of beads • Clothing: often verycolorful

  7. Huichol Yarn Painting Spread a thin layer of beeswax over a flat piece of wood, and then meticulously pushing thin strands of acrylic yarn into the wax to create complex patterns and symbols

  8. The Huichol yarn paintings contain several symbols that represent their religion and beliefs. • Scorpion • Rabbit • Peyote • Sun • Sky • etc

  9. Resources • http://www.shamanism.com/huichol-indians/ • http://thehuicholcenter.org/ • http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/190-mexico-s-huichol-resource-page-their-culture-symbolism-art • http://www.peyotepeople.com/

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