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Mexico-Nayarit-Santa Teresa del Nayar

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