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Sierra Madre, a strange and silent world far from the cliché of a colorful and tropical Mexico. Ghost town still peopled, with more than four hundred of bonanza, a gold rush when thousands of miners worked hard for the Silver Barons. This Mexico Profundo, a deep Mexico of vertical landscapes, awesome canyons and highlands is the true backbone of the country, an iconic locations of the Mexican collective imaginary and still today in many ways a frontier land where trust must be won on the field. During the Mexican Revolution’s years the local hero of these desert landscapes of cactus and western locations, utilised for many movies, was Pancho Villa still remembered in many villages and towns. The heart of the Sierra Madre is a giant cluster of mountain chains split by labyrinths of canyons, the Barranca del Cobre, the Copper Canyon bigger and deepest than Colorado’s Grand Canyon, crossed only by a legendary railway, the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico. To really understand the Sierra Madre you must go down, at the bottom of the canyons looking fot the scattered people living in the immensity of this emptyness, like the Raramuri, better known as Tarahumara, defenders of a syncretic cosmogony of exceptional symbolic value, mainly on the days of their Tarahumara Holy Week. A ritual universe has been narrated by the french writer Antonin Artaud, in his Au Pays des Tarahumara.

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  • Valenciana's mine, once one of the richest of the Spanish empire,  still working.
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  • Cathedral, one of the masterpieces of colonial Mexican churriguerresque architecture.
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  • Florist near the cathedral, one of the masterpieces of colonial Mexican churriguerresque architecture.
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  • St. Francis of Assisi church attracts many Mexican pilgrims.
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  • Ghost town of Real de Catorce. The cemetery
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  • Sierra de Catorce
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Divisadero. The Barranca country, cut by six mayor canyon systems, is the deepest in North America.
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  • Chihuahua, Barrancas del Cobre. Tra questi canyon nel cuore della Sierra Madre Tarahumara, i più profondi dell’America settentrionale, vivono  oltre cinquantamila Raramuri conosciuti anche come Tarahumara.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Divisadero. The Barranca country, cut by six mayor canyon systems, is the deepest in North America.
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  • Chihuahua, Barranca del Cobre.<br />
«E’ solo il cavallo che va e viene...Corre dappertutto cercandolo e ritorna sempre a quest’ora. Forse il poveretto non ce la fa per il rimorso. Anche gli animali si accorgono di quando commettono un crimine, no?»<br />
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Paramo
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  • Chihuahua, Barranca del Cobre. Batopilas. <br />
«Ci sono paesi che sanno di disgrazia. Si riconoscono aspirando un po’ della loro aria vecchia e intorpidita, povera e magra come tutto quello che è vecchio.»<br />
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Paramo
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Batopilas, Hacienda San Miguel, the ruined mansion of Alexander Shepard, the owner of rich Batopilas mines.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Batopilas, once a rich mining village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Railway workers living on the tracks of the Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Rugged landscapes near Urique.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Urique village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Urique village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Cerocahui village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Vultures near Cerocahui village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Tarahumaras, or Raramuris as they call themselveses, are the most important indian people of northern Mexico. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Creel, timber’s indiscriminate cutting  is a real danger for Barranca ecosystem.
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  • Sandstorm along the road to Creel.
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  • Sinaloa, El Fuerte colonial town once was a hub for the convoys coming from the mines of the Sierra Madre.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Batopilas, once a rich mining village.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Batopilas, the “Catedral perdida” (1632), “lost Cathedral” of Satevò.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The fires on the top of mountains annonces the arrival to village of the Tarahumaras.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre). Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The “fariseos” interpretes the part of “spanish”, the Jesus Christ’s enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest indigenous people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, “runners”, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. The ?fariseos? interpretes the part of ?spanish?, the Jesus Christ's enemies. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, ?runners?, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week. Holy Friday, Jesus Christ sepolture. Isolated within the remote landscape of the formidabile and spectacular Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) live more than 50.000 Tarahumaras, the first largest Indian people of Norhern Mexico that call themselves Raramuri, ?runners?, for thier ability to run long distances. Many Tarahumaras live in caves and log cabins, down in the canyon in winter and in the highlands in summer. They still retain strong traditions, today menaced by increasing pressure from increasing desertification and drug trafficants. Still today, the most importan event is the Holy Week, celebrated for days with a unique religious synchretism of Catholicism and traditional worship.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre. Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Chihuahua, Paquimé ruins. Paquimé was the mayor Indian settlement in northern Mexico between 1000 and 1200 AD, with adobe structures similar to the Pueblos of United States Southwest.
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  • Chihuahua, Paquimé ruins. Paquimé was the mayor Indian settlement in northern Mexico between 1000 and 1200 AD, with adobe structures similar to the Pueblos of United States Southwest.
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  • Mata Ortiz village. Works of Juan Quesada Celada, that from the mid-1970s created these ceramics painted with intricate, finely drawn designs.
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  • Old prerevolutionary hacienda of the Miranda family, owners of nearly all Chihuahua's state.
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  • Memnonite girl.
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  • Chihuahua: Palacio de Gobierno, murals of mexican Revolution.
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  • Santiago Juxtlahuaca in the Juxtlahuaca District of the Mixteca Region.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit). At the sunrise, near the house of Black Centurion, the ?borrados? (the painted men) prepares vegetal colours with ash and honey. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit). At the sunrise, near the house of Black Centurion, the “borrados” (the painted men) prepares vegetal colours with ash and honey. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in rancherias, small farms, in the slopes of Sierra Madre Central, in mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their social and religious traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism.
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  • For the Coras, a small indigenous people of the Sierra Madre, the Holy Week is the most important religious event of the year characterized with impressive ceremonies symbolising the struggle of Christ-Sun against darkness Devils connected with fertility cults. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate to the ceremonies
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  • For the Coras, a small indigenous people of the Sierra Madre, the Holy Week is the most important religious event of the year characterized with impressive ceremonies symbolising the struggle of Christ-Sun against darkness Devils connected with fertility cults. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate to the ceremonies
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  • For the Coras, a small indigenous people of the Sierra Madre, the Holy Week is the most important religious event of the year characterized with impressive ceremonies symbolising the struggle of Christ-Sun against darkness Devils connected with fertility cults. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate to the ceremonies
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit): Holy Friday’s procession. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Holy Week. After the last battle the Evils forces, the Judea, are killed by the Capitanes that struggle to defend Jesus Christ against the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of the Mexican state of Nayarit . They still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies.
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  • After Holy Week the Coras goes back to their fair away rancherias. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit): the ruins of old jesuit mission, with bas-reliefs engraved from indian stone-masons. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Sta Teresa del Nayar (Nayarit). At the sunrise, near the house of Black Centurion, the “borrados” (the painted men) prepares vegetal colours with ash and honey. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn’t partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the “Jews”, the devil’s militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • The "Judios" paints their bodies simbolysing  the Evil forces and struggles in the streets looking for Jesus. Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in the mountains of Sierra Madre Central in Mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their traditions, protecting in a very strong way their secret rites, that anthropologists believe the most interesting of Central America for their synchretism. The Holy Week, the most important religious event of the year, is characterized with impressive ceremonies. The catholic priest doesn't partecipate and the Black Centurion is the captain of Judea, the ?Jews?, the devil's militia looking for Jesus Christ to kill him. Violence is a essential part of the ceremonies and somebody can be killed in the struggles with wood swords.
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  • Coras are a small indigenous people living scattered in rancherias, small farms, in the slopes of Sierra Madre Central, in mexican state of Nayarit. The Coras still follows their social and religious traditions.
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  • Durango, Sierra Madre Occidental.
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  • Sierra de Los Organos, between Durango and Zacatecas.
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  • Sierra de Los Organos, between Durango and Zacatecas.
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  • Durango, cathedral.
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  • Durango, Pancho Villa’s monument.
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  • Durango, colonial buildings.
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  • Durango, colonial buildings.
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  • Durango.
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  • Durango, railwaymen monument. During Mexican Revolution the city was the hub of railways system utilised by Pancho Villa.
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  • Durango, “La Joya” ranch, once owned by John Wayne, utilised for many western movies. The western train of John Wayne.
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  • Durango, “La Joya” ranch, once owned by John Wayne, utilised for many western movies. The western train of John Wayne.
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  • Durango, “La Joya” ranch, once owned by John Wayne, utilised for many western movies. The western train of John Wayne.
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  • Durango, “La Joya” ranch, once owned by John Wayne, utilised for many western movies.
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  • Durango, “Calle Howard”, western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango’s locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, ?Calle Howard?, western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango's locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, “Calle Howard”, western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango’s locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, ?Calle Howard?, western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango's locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, “Calle Howard”, a western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango’s locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies. The "fake" John Wayne tomb.
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  • Durango, Chupaderos western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango's locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, Chupaderos western movie town utilised by Hollywood. Durango's locations have been utilised for more than 120 movies.
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  • Durango, “Los Alamos” set utilised by Hollywood in “Shadow Makers” movie with Paul Newman.
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