Tewerichic by Kappi

EmilianoZ a Pata Art Collective Presents: a Shaman Road Mexico Art Road Trip Project by Kappi Holy Week is the most sacred time of the year for the Raramuri. The Holy Week is a spring festival “to renew the strength of Father Sun, so he can nourish his people and … fight off the evil influences of the annoyer, that is the devil or outsiders .The Raramuri call it When We Walk in Circles because their religion procession walks around and around the church. During the celebrations the Raramuri place pine tree branches showing the way to the various processions similar to the palm fronds that were laid for Jesus on Palm Sunday. The Raramuri who participate in the procession are divided into two groups the soldiers and the Pharisees that were out to kill Jesus; these two groups come from the Jesuit and Franciscan Passion Plays. “Each group has captains that lead them, ‘tenaches’ that carry saint’s images and ‘pascoleros’ who participate in the ‘pascol’ dance, wearing bells around their ankles and dancing to the so