Case file · Sacred site
Wirikuta, the Wixárika sacred land
Norwegian explorer Carl Lumholtz's 'Unknown Mexico' (1902) gave one of the first outside accounts of the Wixárika (Huichol) pilgrimage to Wirikuta, the desert of San Luis Potosí where, in their tradition, the sun was born and peyote is gathered.
1902 CE · 23.69, -100.88 · status: official
The account
The pilgrimage of several hundred kilometres retraces the journey of the ancestors. In 2010–2012 Wixárika communities fought mining concessions in Wirikuta, which is now a protected natural area.