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An introduction to the history and culture of the Tarahumara. A brief overview of Tarahumara culture and history. A comprehensive account of Rarámuri world view. A detailed case study of Tarahumara ceremonial healing. A modern edition of the first detailed report about the Tarahumara, written by a Croatian missionary in the 17th century.
Ivan Ratkaj (22 May 1647 [1] – 26 December 1683), also Ivan Rattkay, was a Croatian Jesuit missionary, explorer and cartographer. He wrote the first detailed description of the Tarahumara , a Native Mexican people.
The book has received attention in the sporting world for McDougall's description of how he overcame injuries by modeling his running after the Tarahumara. [ 3 ] He asserts that modern cushioned running shoes are a major cause of running injury, pointing to the thin sandals worn by Tarahumara runners, and the explosion of running-related ...
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She has criticized the book's accounts of the Tarahumara people for "romanticizing" their lifestyle and for not adequately describing their poverty. [ 7 ] In May 2007 she gained publicity by being the first woman finisher at the Frederick Marathon , in a women's course record of 2 hours 53 minutes 44 seconds, racing in a bikini rather than ...
Tesgüino is an artisanal corn beer produced by several Yuto-Aztec people. [1] The Tarahumara people regard the beer as sacred, and it forms a significant part of their society. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Anthropologist John Kennedy reports that "the average Tarahumaras spends at least 100 days per year directly concerned with tesgüino and much of this time ...
Carl Lumholtz: <i>Tarahumara Woman Being Weighed</i>, Barranca de San Carlos (Sinforosa), Chihuahua, 1892; from <i>Among Unknown Tribes: Rediscovering the Photographs of Explorer Carl Lumholtz</i>. The book includes essays by Bill Broyles, Ann Christine Eek, and others, and is published by the University of Texas Press. Width: 1,950 px: Height ...
Handbook of Middle American Indians (HMAI) is a sixteen-volume compendium on Mesoamerica, from the prehispanic to late twentieth century. Volumes on particular topics were published from the 1960s and 1970s under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope. [1]