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Antonio Carrillo, who is also called Don Toño, is a Maraákame (medicine man) of the indigenous Wirrárika people.
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Don Toño was born in 1961 in the Northern mountains of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. From childhood on, he perceived long dreams where he was taught by the spirits of nature.
During his life, he encountered the landscapes he had seen in his dreams.
He experienced tough challenges that made him what he is today, a medicine man and
cantador (holy singer) that is widely recognized by the indigenous people and beyond.
The Wirrárika ethnos live in Northern Mexico in a rough territory. This has helped to maintain their customs -- removed from the predators that threatened
their existence.
Nowadays -- in spite of the devastating models of development, they represent one of the indigenous cultures that have managed to keep their thousand-year-old knowledge most alive.
Don Toño was initiated in the holy desert Wirikuta. For the the Wirrárika, it is the heart of the earth. They say that with their ceremonies, pilgrimages, fasting and the hunting of the Hikuri and the holy deer, they keep the cycle of life running. They raise the sun and create the energy that makes rain.
If Wirikuta disappears, the whole cycle is broken and they cannot imagine how life will be afterwards.
For thousands of years, they have kept the earth running. Now the energy in Wirikuta is already lowering because some mines have been built. So they are coming to ask for our help to save it.
They are also the only indigenous people known to me that call themselves "the magicians".
Please help protect the Wixárrika and Wirikuta. By spreading love and light in this world.
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