Nurio, Michoacan, Towns of Mexico
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2019
- How did we end up here?
The night of Saturday, April 19, 2019, I was traveling with a friend from Uruapan, Michoacan on our way to Zamora, when our GPS suggested a shorter route. We had just passed Paracho, Michoacan, where the guitar for Miguel, the main character of Pixar's acclaimed Coco, was inspired.
Instead of continuing to Aranza, Chera, and Carapan, we could arrive at Tangancicuaro and then at Zamora, by crossing the Purhepecha villages of Ahuiran, Nurio, Cocucho and Ocumicho. But this led to unexpected adventure.
The road was very dark. We closely followed the only car we saw passing through here, and ambulance. We though we would be safer near it. This is how we arrived at Nurio, and we found them in the middle of their celebration of the Easter Vigil.
A silent procession filed out of the main church, interrupted only by the barks of dogs that protested the passing of so many people. We saw the entire community: the old, the young, and children, following the main images of the church, which were decorated with flowers and candles. The women were dressed in their most elaborate textiles.
But instead of following the people, we went to the main plaza and its church. On its lintel, in latin abbreviated to the point of being practically incomprehensible, was the date of its construction: 1639.
A lady who was cleaning the temple received us kindly. Because of the vigil, the main panel was covered. But what we could see amazed us. The wooden roof of the church was covered in colorful paintings in a style that seemed taken out of a pre-hispanic codex.
The gold-laminated panels looked very old, and the lady told us that they were from the temple's construction. It was like stepping into the past.
Later we forgot the name of the village we had visited, but I found it on the internet. What I discovered is that even though this church is the largest, there's a chapel in the same town, dedicated to the Inmmaculate Conception, with even more spectacular paintings, that have won it the nickname of "the Purhepecha Sixtine Chapel". Now I know that I have to return.
Orgullosamente de nurio Michoacán ❤❤
Saludos familia!
La zona purépecha es una de las mejores para observar la cultura en su versión más viva de los habitantes históricos del país, que bien que sepas apreciarlo, me fascina Michoacán y sus pueblos indígenas, fui a una comunidad que se llama Angahuan cerca del Paricutín y fue una de las experiencias más extrañas e interesantes de ver, ahí casi no de habla español, fue increíble, me encanta tu trabajo.
Hola amigo a un q por casualidad conosiste nurio michoacan es un pueblito en cantador tienes q regresar y grabar mas videos
Gracias Hugo, definitivamente quiero volver!
Tienen que ir para octubre, mi pueblo tiene mucho que ofrecerles ♥️
en realidad muy hermoso el pueblo amigo te invito a que regreses. 14 de octubre se celebra la fiesta patronal.
gracias Marcos, lo voy a planear, espero no perdérmelo
Like si eres de mexico :)
Deberías informarte como pronunciar bien el nombre de los pueblos. Saludos