Mexico-Nayarit-Santa Teresa del Nayar

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.

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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.