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 News from Around Banderas Bay | February 2006 
Puerto Vallarta Festival Indigena Wixaritari - Tatei Kie
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| | Offering the world a glimpse into the rich ancesteral customs and cultures of Mexico, the first annual Festival Indigena Wixaritari - Tatei Kie is scheduled to take place at Plaza Caracol in Puerto Vallarta from March 4th-26th. |
The Huichol [wee-chole], known as Huicholes in Spanish and Wixaritari in their own language, are part of an indigenous community that has existed in Mexico for at least 1000 years.
Though recognized as one of the Mexican native cultures most resilient to outside influences, twenty-five years ago, the dream of creating a community project that offers visitors a place where they can learn about the everyday life of the Wixaritari was born.
In 2004, the common assembly authorized the development of "eculturismo" a tourist activity designed to increase public awareness of the cultural and artistic life of the Wixaritari, while creating jobs in the Huichol community.
Today, the project has become a reality. In January of 2006, with the support of La Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, or the CDI, [the National Commission for the Development of Native Towns,] the Huicholes completed the construction of the first Center of Wixaritari Native Art in the region.
In celebration, Plaza Caracol in the Puerto Vallarta hotel zone will be hosting the first Festival Indigena Wixaritari from March 4th-26th, offering everyone the opportunity to sample the richness of this ancient tribe and to learn more about the age-old customs of the Huichol people through traditional cultural demonstrations such as:
• Wixarika Art Exhibits
• Traditional and Regional Music
• Wixaritari Dance and Song Rituals
• Traditional Ceremonies
• Photographs
• Movies and Video
• Work Conferences
• Cultural and Academic Forums
The festival also presents an opportunity for the promotion of the Eculturismo Tatei Kie project as a common effort to fortify the development of the Huichol community through the creation of jobs, the care of the environment and the artistic and cultural patrimony of future generations to avoid the migration of the Wixaritari people.
Don't miss your chance to catch a glimpse of the rich ancesteral customs and cultures of Mexico at the first annual Festival Indigena Wixaritari to be held at Plaza Caracol in Puerto Vallarta from March 4th-26th.
Puerto Vallarta Festival Indigena Wixaritari - Tatei Kie
Offering the world a glimpse into the rich ancesteral customs and cultures of Mexico, the first annual Festival Indigena Wixaritari - Tatei Kie is scheduled to take place at Plaza Caracol in Puerto Vallarta from March 4th-26th.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, March 4th - 6:00 pm
Inaugural Ceremony
Fiesta del Tambor
Tatei Neixa
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Show
Photographic Exposition
Sunday, March 5th - 6:00 pm
Dance Demonstrations
Regional Music Presentations
Traditional Song Performances
Monday, March 6th - Friday, March 10th
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
Photographic Exposition
Wixarika 2006 Cinema and Video Presentations
Permanent Forum of Reflexion and Culture
Cultural Conferences
Employment Information Desk
Artistic Creations Workshop
Saturday, March 11th - 7:00 pm
Xarikixa Traditional Changing of Authority Ceremony
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
"Sacred Places" Conference
Sunday, March 12th - 6:00 pm
Dance Demonstrations
Regional Music Presentations
Traditional Song Performances
Tardeada Dance to Regional Wixarika Music
Wixarika 2006 Cinema and Video Presentations
Monday, March 13th - Friday March 17th
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
Photographic Exposition
Wixarika 2006 Cinema and Video Presentations
Permanent Forum of Reflexion and Culture
Cultural Conferences
Employment Information Desk
Artistic Creations Workshop
Saturday, March 18th - 6:00 pm
"Hikuri Neixa" Fiesta del Peyote
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
Roundtable "The Custom"
Sunday, March 19th - 6:00 pm
Dance Demonstrations
Regional Music Presentations
Traditional Song Performances
Tardeada Dance to Regional Wixarika Music
Wixarika 2006 Cinema and Video Presentations
Monday, March 20th - Friday, March 24th
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
Photographic Exposition
Wixarika 2006 Cinema and Video Presentations
Permanent Forum of Reflexion and Culture
Cultural Conferences
Employment Information Desk
Artistic Creations Workshop
Saturday, March 25th - 6:00 pm
Xarikixa Ezquite Festival and the Burning of Corn Leaves
Wixarika Tatei Kie Art Exposition
Cultural and Academic Forum Closing Ceremony
Sunday, March 26th - 6:00 pm
Dance Demonstrations
Regional Music Presentations
Traditional Song Performances
Tardeada Dance to Regional Wixarika Music
Closing Ceremonies
FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS
120 Wixaritaris
Traditional Community Authorities and Agarias
Community Committee for the Festival Indigena Wixaritari
Representatives of the Tatei Kie Ceremonial Center
Tatei Kie Artists
Regional and Traditional Musicians
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
Plaza Caracol
CineMark Cinema
Mezquitic City Hall
Puerto Vallarta City Hall
Jalisco Secretary of Tourism
Jalisco Institute of Art
University of Guadalajara de La Costa
La Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas [CDI]
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