city was Tzintzuntzan. Purépecha architecture is noted for step pyramids in the shape of the letter "T". Pre-Columbian Purépecha artisans made feather...
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the Purépecha Empire, Michhuahcān from michin ("fish"), -huah ("possessor of"), and -cān ("place of") and means "place of fishers." The Purépecha Empire...
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Purépecha are an indigenous people of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Purépecha may also refer to: Purépecha language, the language of the Purépecha Purépecha...
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language family that is spoken by some 140,000 Purépecha in the highlands of Michoacán, Mexico. Purépecha was the main language of the pre-Columbian Tarascan...
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The culture of the Purépecha people was polytheist. List of some deities: Curicaveri - Sun god Cuerauáperi - Creation goddess Xarátanga - Water god Cuitzeo...
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Pelota purépecha (Spanish for "Purépecha ball"), called Uárukua Ch'anakua ( "a game with sticks") in the Purépecha language, is an Indigenous Mexican...
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The Purépecha religion is the religion of the Purépecha people. "The Purepecha of Michoacan - Purepecha - Mexico Guru". www.mexicoguru.com. Retrieved...
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The Purépecha flag is the official flag of the Purépecha people, an Indigenous nation in Michoacán, Mexico. This flag consists of four fields of four colors...
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Michoacán (category Articles containing Western Highland Purepecha-language text)
and Teco peoples as well as the Purépecha. The main pre-Hispanic civilization of the state is that of the Purépecha, which was centered in the Lake Pátzcuaro...
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Huaraches (singular huarache IPA: [wa'ɾatʃe]; derived from warachi in Purépecha) are a type of Mexican sandal, Pre-Columbian in origin. Pre-Columbian...
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from Purépecha's attempts to take it back. In 1479, Axayacatl launched a major invasion of the Purépecha Empire with 32,000 Aztec soldiers. Purépecha met...
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The H2O Purépechas Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club based in Morelia. The club was founded on 25 July 2021, and currently plays in the Liga TDP....
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020 speak an indigenous language, mostly Purépecha. Traditional music is mostly influenced by the Purépecha culture with pirecuas and sons, as well as...
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(Afro-Caribbean people) Olmec religion (Olmecs) Purépecha religion (Purépecha people of the Purépecha Empire) Rastafari (Jamaicans) Umbanda (Afro-Brazilians...
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Ghosts in Mexican culture (section Purépecha beliefs)
ghosts in Mexican culture. In Mexico, the beliefs of the Maya, Nahua, Purépecha; and other indigenous groups in a supernatural world has survived and...
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Tarascan (category Purépecha)
the 1500s, located in (present-day) west-central Mexico the Purépecha people the Purépecha language The term has pejorative connotations of "loathsomeness...
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Princess Eréndira (category Purépecha people)
Princess Eréndira of the Purépecha was the princess of the Purépecha from c. 1503–1529. Eréndira was 16–17 when the Spanish came to Mexico. The Tarascan...
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Jivaroan Kwakwakaʼwakw Lakota Lenape Mapuche Mesoamerican Aztec Maya Olmec Purépecha Midewiwin Muisca Native American Church Navajo Nuu-chah-nulth Pawnee Tsimshian...
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Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site) (category Purépecha sites)
ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place...
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El Opeño (section Purépecha culture)
chichimeca (tecuexe) region, bordering the Purépecha kingdom. This explains why other neighboring places have Purépecha names. The main hill facing Jacona, for...
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Saltpeter War (Mexico) (category Purépecha)
Saltpeter War) was a 1480-1510 military conflict between the Purépecha Empire of the Purépecha people and peoples settled in Colima, Sayula, Zapotlán, Tapalpa...
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Empire, Irecha Tangaxuan II sent emissaries to the Spanish victors (the Purépecha empire was a contemporary and enemy of the Aztec Empire). A few Spaniards...
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intertwined civilizations, including the Olmec, Maya, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, and Purepecha. The Aztecs came to dominate the area prior to European contact. In 1521...
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Purépecha settlement in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Located 27 kilometers from Patzcuaro, it preserves the culture and customs of the Purépecha people...
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popular sandals of the same name. The word Huarache is originally from Purépecha and the Nahuatl word for huarache is kwarachi. Huaraches are similar to...
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Cuicuilco Diquis Epi-Olmec Huastec Izapa Mezcala Mixtec Nicoya Olmecs Pipil Purépecha Quelepa Shaft tomb tradition Teuchitlán Teotihuacan Tepanec Tlatilco Tlaxcaltec...
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Michoacán. The village’s postal code is 60490. Nuevo San Juan is home to the Purépecha indigenous group which maintains communal lands covering 18,138 hectares...
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Tzʼutujil traditional religion Mixe religion Nagualism Olmec religion Purépecha religion Teotihuacan religion Tepehuan religious beliefs Tlapanec religion...
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civilizations such as the Olmec, Teotihuacan, Mayas, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Huastecs, Purepecha, Toltecs, and Mexica/Aztecs. The Mexica civilization is also known as...
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Traditional games of Mexico (section Pelota purépecha)
the ball using a hitting surface attached to their gloved hand. Pelota purépecha is a hockey-like game played with a ball that is on fire. Timbomba or...
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