Nomadic people of the desert

Deserts have always been stimulating the human survival instinct and the development of complex and mysterious cultures. We are just learning to travel, but we suffered the fascinating attraction of drought, thirst and desperation, too… it’s not a challenge against nature, but much more: it’s the attempt to approach as much as possible the silence, the memories lost in time, the nomadic soul inhibited by a sedentary style of living. In the heart of northern Mexico many ethnic groups have been adapting to extreme conditions, developing complex cultures and nomadic habits to tame the strength of nature. Peoples like Seris (Pacific Coast), Tarahumara (western Sierra Madre) and Huichol (central Highlands), still live in isolated territories and maintain almost untouched their traditions. The most symbolic expression of them is a complex of rituals, chaired by a shaman, where the consumption of psychotropic substances, such as peyote, is fundamental. From the Mayas and Aztecs to the European domination and the North American mediatic invasion, no one has been successful in influencing those cultures. The history of its peoples represents the most mysterious and interesting side of America.

• Zacatecas
• Yucatan: from the highlands to caribe
• Tulum, Caribe!
• Travel towards Chiapas
• Towards the Lacandon Jungle