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...hundred and seventy miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border, the dusty old mining town of Real de Catorce has been reborn. Though the Mexican government officially condemns the harvesting of the psychotropic peyote cactus by anyone outside the Huichol Indian community of Central Mexico, whose members use it for religious purposes, Real de Catorce's website advertises the town as the place of the "pilgrimage of people of all ages and nationalities...[who] travel thousands of miles to arrive at this sacred site and experience a mystical communion with the magical cactus." Now narco-tourists are ravaging the Huichols...
When children see Robert Torres at restaurants, "I'll make eye contact and wave," says the Santa from Lake Forest, Calif. "They'll hide behind the booth, and it becomes a game." Torres was spotted by kids when visiting a small village in Mexico with no electricity. The kids, Huichol Indians, yelled "Santa!" then followed him, giggling, as if he had been the Pied Piper...
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...Huichol culture is extremely diverse and it is very difficult to generalize about them" Negrin said, adding "They are not interested in revealing themselves to the outside world...
...Huicholes are most famous for their are which has been displayed in museums across the country. Jose Benitez Sanchez, a Huichol artist, "is the first window into the Huichol world," Negrin said, adding "when I first saw his works. I knew there was something much more powerful behind the art itself--that's what really interests...