The Tarahumara (Raramuri, in their native tongue) are an indigenous people of northern Mexico that retreated to the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre Occidental on the arrival of Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century. They are renowned for their long-distance running ability, sometimes as far as 100 miles without stopping to catch animals such as deer.
Hand carved Tarahumara violin
Most still practice a traditional lifestyle, inhabiting natural shelters such as caves or cliff overhangs and observe strict ceremonial practices. The Tarahumara use violins, flutes and drums for their religious ceremonies and festival dances. Violins were introduced to the Tarahumara by the Spanish missionaries in the 1600′s. Since then, the Tarahumara have been hand carving these instruments. A talented Tarahumara musician is believed capable of communicating with divine beings and able to request good fortune from them.
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This is my first time to introduced with Tarahumara. I like their living style. It’s a living way of adventurous. I also like their religious ceremonies and festival dances due to use of violins, flutes and drums. Thanks mate for a grand post.