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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family, image #, NMAI.AC.372; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Portrait of Wixarika (Huichol) marakame, or shaman, Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios (right), Don Domingo (left) and Dona Manuela holding her great-grandson Cristian in her lap (center). Manuela and Guadalupe wear their vestuarios (traditional ceremonial clothing) as they sit in preparation for the annual Wixarika (Huichol) pilgrimage to Wirikuta (Wiricuta), in Nayarit, Mexico. Guadalupe also holds her bulto (bundle of ceremonial objects) in her lap.
Vita Rose Narrative: Doña Guadalupe, Don Domingo, Doña Manuela and Cristian, her great-grandson, sit quietly during the preparation for the annual pilgrimage to Wiricuta. Elders are highly respected among the Huichols as holders of sacred ancestral wisdom. They speak the ancient tongue, communicate directly with the many Gods and Goddesses in the Huichols universe, tienen mucho kupoori (they have power granted by the Gods) and they understand how the world works. Doña Guadalupe and Doña Manuela are wearing their vestuarios, traditional ceremonial clothing worn only during the holiest of days. Doña Guadalupe, on the right, holds her bulto, the wrapped bundle of her sacred ceremonial objects.

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Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family

Creator

Rose, Vita

Summary

This collection includes photographic prints made by Vita Rose circa 1996 of Doña Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and her family in Nayarit, Mexico. Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios was a Wixarika (Huichol) visual artist, musician, and spiritual leader.