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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.
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 ...
Tarahumara Woman Being Weighed, Chihuahua. 1892 photo by Carl Lumholtz.. Lumholtz later travelled to Mexico with the Swedish botanist C. V. Hartman He stayed for many years, conducting several expeditions from 1890 through to 1910 which were paid for by the American Museum of Natural History.
The nonfiction book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, chronicling the story of ultra-runner Micah True in the Copper Canyon with the Tarahumara Indians, who taught him a better way to run. [5] [6] True was the race director of the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, [7] [8] which ends in Urique's plaza. The race covers 50 miles (80 km) of single ...
Native people of the region, Tarahumara or Rarámuri Indians called the area Bachotigori, meaning "Place of the enclosed waters", as they described the canyon, and its abundance of tropical flora and fauna to the Spanish explorers travelling through this rough part of the Chihuahuan mountains. Batopilas is a mangled Spanish version of the ...
Ratkaj provided the first ethnographic and geographic presentation of the Tarahumara. He learned the native language in a month and moved to Tutuaca , a mission in a poor mountainous area. His reports betray an open curiosity: he noted all kinds of details, not only of nature, but also of the natives and their life.
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 ...
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. [6] He asserts that modern cushioned running shoes are a major cause of running injury, pointing to the thin sandals called huaraches worn by Tarahumara runners, and the explosion of running ...