HUICHOL Life...Day to Day Stuff
KUELKER MISSIONS
| Population There are approximately 25,000 Huichol living in ranches that range from 500 to 1000. range from 500 to 1000. |
| Language Huichol is the official language and is a Uto- Aztecan language. Although the young are losing this language as their primary tongue due to the government coming in and building schools. In the past 8 years or so we have seen the government school brining in Huichol teacher to help teach the children their native tongue. The New Testament has been translated into this language as well as an “Old Testament Survey” (stories from the Old Testament). |
| Diet Their diet consists of Tortillas, made from the blue, red, yellow or white corn, beans, rice and pasta with the occasional chicken or pig, form which they make “Chicharrones”, chili peppers, all supplement with goods provided by nature, like “weizz” a legume gathered from the trees and “ciruelas” wild plums and guavas. |
| Housing In winter they gather in villages near a water supply and live in adobe and burnt adobe homes interspersed with “Caretons” houses on stilts made with wood, cornstalks, lashing and thatched roofs. Each settlement has a :riviki” (God’s House) or “Caliwey” (a temple), where religious ceremonies and fiestas take place. As we have found there is a Christian Church where we go and alot of the fiestas and such take place there. |
| Government The Huichol seek autonomy in their land, but have governments, one native to the Huichol and one answering to the Mexican Government. Schools have been established in the Huichol villages during the last 50 years. In the last 10 years we have seen more Huichol teachers returning to their villages and teaching ½ day in Huichol and ½ day in Spanish. This is very important to the young, as not to lose the native Huichol language. |
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