DOÑA MANUELA

Doña Manuela, Huichol elder and Mi Abuela's younger sister, wears paint made from ground oosha root and water at the end of the yearly pilgrimage. A fellow pilgrim has painted the morning star that guided them during their arduous journey on each of her cheek bones. Even when the paint has washed off and is no longer visible to the eyes of mortals, the Gods and Goddesses will see it and know that Doña Manuela has made the journey to the sacred desert where Kayumari's footsteps were first changed into hicouri, peyote.

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