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Glockner: book about María Sabina helps to understand the ancient Mazatec spiritual wealth

The close friendship and mutual trust that existed between the three characters that made the book Vida de María Sabina possible. The sage of mushrooms, María Sabina herself, Álvaro Estrada and Gordon Wasson, allows the reader to approach a worldview different from modern Western rationality, said anthropologist Julio Glockner. When presenting in Puebla the most … Read more

Huehuentones, the “artists of death” in the Mazatec area

by Donna Dunlap

The Mazatec Huehuentones are the artists of death; The majority of the group is made up of active young people or those over 40 or 50 years of age who, every October 27, prior to All Saints’ Day, dress up outlandishly in different outfits, with charro, wicker or rattan hats, carry masks with faces of … Read more