Huichol footage
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1982.10.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Zingg, Robert M. (Robert Mowry), 1900-1957
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content: Robert M. Zingg films of the Huichol and Tarahumara
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (59 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1332 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot among the Huichol of Tuxpan de Bolanos, northern Mexico, is the earliest known motion picture documentation of the Huichol. Footage depicts the distinctively indigenous aspects of Huichol culture and various acculturated aspects derived from Christian influence including tatei neixa or wimakwari (a first fruits ritual) at the ceremonial center of Ratontita, temple officers returning from a successful deer hunt, a peyote dance, parched corn ceremony, rain-making rituals, Easter Week activities (including the stations of the cross and a procession of the "saints"), and the cambio de las varas, an annual ceremony performed to sanctify the changing of Huichol government officials. Footage also documents Huichol subsistence and craft activities.

Legacy Keywords: Ceremony carnival Las Pachitas Mexico ; Agriculture corn Huichol Mexico ; Hallucinogens peyote ritual use of Huichol Mexico ; Ritual dance drumming Huichol Mexico ; Processions "saints" stations of cross Huichol ; Flowers use of in ritual headdress Huichol ; Hunting deer with ritual Huichol ; Looms weaving Huichol ; Language and culture