The Rar muri communities consist of a dispersed population whose center is the valley, or the site of a church or mission. Many Rar muri move further away and live in caves or roughshod cabins, in deep canyons or on the slopes of hills. There are those also who move on according to season, going down to the canyon beds to flee the Winter cold, and retourning to the plateaus in spring or summer. The highest traditional authority in the Rar muri community is the Governor, or Sir ame, who generally assembles all the people on Sundays to give them a naw sari, or sermon, in which the community's problems are aired. Spiritual guides and doctors are known as owir ames, and have great authority and influence.
Festivals are a time to come together and live together.
Dances, drinking, and offerings are the basic elements of their complex mysticalreligious celebrations, where the traditional drink fermented from corn, called tesg no, is an ever-present element. Dance and music are passed down from generation to generation, and musical instruments are, likewise, inherited. The most important festivals are Easter Week, especially in Norogachi, the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, on December the 12th, and the festivals of patron saints. The Rar muri produce a rich variety of crafts, including tools, ornaments and household utensils, which they use, themselves or sell to tourists. The women are very skilled in the manufacture of thick blankets, bugs, ribbons, baskets, skirts and blouses, while the men are skilled at woodcarving.