Nierika art

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The Nierika is a form of spiritual art used by the Huicholes, a native population of the Western Central Mexico. These ritual artefacts consist in pieces of colored yarn glued with wax to round or square backings. Showing symbols and images of the rich Huichol spiritual tradition (sun, moon, fire, peyote, mais, deer, etc.), the Nierika (term etymologically rooted in the verb "Nieriya", "to see") are true 'portals' used to meditate and access spiritual dimensions and communicate with…

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