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The Forgotten Thread of Huichol Yarn Art

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Most people familiar with Mexico know about Huichol art, the vividly colored, sometimes-hypnotic, psychedelia-style creations of the indigenous people of the central states of Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and Nayarit, known in their own language as the Wixáritari. Who has not been dumbstruck by the intricate, spiritually significant and brilliantly hued beaded folk art that now adorns museums

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Hurricane Roslyn Touches down in Nayarit as Category 3, Three Dead

PULSE NEWS MEXICO After strengthening to a major Category 4 storm off the western coast of Mexico late Saturday, Oct. 22, Hurricane Roslyn made landfall early Sunday, Oct. 23, in the coastal state of Nayarit as a Category 3, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua). Roslyn hit the town of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, with sustained winds of 240 kilometers per

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