Tarahumara people

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The Tarahumara people are an Indigenous group of northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental, renowned for their long-distance running abilities and traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle.

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Tarahumara people canonical 26
Tarahumara 1
Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
Uto-Aztecan people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Rarámuri
autonym Rarámuri
climateRegion Sierra Madre highlands
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalPractice ball races
corn beer feasts
ritual running
economicActivity handicrafts
small-scale farming
footwear huarache sandals
geographicFeature Copper Canyon
handicrafts textiles
wood carvings
woven baskets
language Tarahumara language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
notableIn endurance sports literature
populationRegion Sierra Tarahumara
primaryRegion Sierra Madre Occidental
primaryState Chihuahua
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Mexico
relatedGroup Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
religion syncretic Catholicism
traditional indigenous beliefs
renownedFor copper canyon running
endurance running
long-distance running
runningStyle minimalist footwear
trail running
socialOrganization dispersed settlements
threat deforestation
drug-related violence
land dispossession
traditionalBeverage tesgüino
traditionalCrops amaranth
beans
maize
squash
traditionalHousing caves
stone houses
wooden cabins
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalSubsistence pastoralism
subsistence agriculture

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Tepehuán relatedGroup Tarahumara people
Copper Canyon inhabitedBy Tarahumara people
Proto-Uto-Aztecan hasDescendant Tarahumara
linked to: Tarahumara people
Sierra Tarahumara homelandOf Tarahumara people
Rarámuri language spokenBy Tarahumara people
Cora people areRelatedTo Tarahumara people
Tepehuan people relatedEthnicGroup Tarahumara people
Taracahitic languages usedBy Tarahumara people
peyote usedBy Tarahumara people
Barrancas del Cobre inhabitedBy Tarahumara people
Ralamuli spokenBy Tarahumara people
Western Rarámuri spokenBy Tarahumara people
Central Rarámuri spokenBy Tarahumara people
Eastern Rarámuri spokenBy Tarahumara people
Southern Rarámuri spokenBy Tarahumara people
Matachines dance performedBy Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people
linked to: Tarahumara people
Río Fuerte region historicallyInhabitedBy Tarahumara people
Guarijío people relatedEthnicGroup Tarahumara people
Tarahumaran spokenBy Tarahumara people
Tarahumaran ethnicGroupAssociated Tarahumara people
Tarahumaran branch spokenBy Tarahumara people
Cahita peoples relatedEthnicGroup Tarahumara people
Urique River associatedPeople Tarahumara people