Mayo people of Sonora and Sinaloa

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The Mayo people of Sonora and Sinaloa are an Indigenous group of northwestern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and rich ceremonial and musical traditions.

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Mayo people of Sonora and Sinaloa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
associatedRiver Río Fuerte NERFINISHED
Río Mayo NERFINISHED
autonym Yoreme NERFINISHED
ceremonialTradition Holy Week ceremonies
deer dance
pascola dance
colonialExperience Jesuit missions NERFINISHED
Spanish missionization
country Mexico
culturalHeritage oral tradition
traditional medicine
culturalPractice body painting in ceremonies
communal land use
mask carving for dances
ritual agriculture
culturalRegion Northwest Mexico NERFINISHED
ethnonym Yoreme NERFINISHED
exonym Mayo NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era
historicalTerritory Mayo River basin
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
languageSubfamily Cahita branch
locatedIn Sinaloa NERFINISHED
Sonora NERFINISHED
northwestern Mexico NERFINISHED
musicalTradition drum and flute music
rasp and rattle accompaniment
nativeLanguage Mayo language NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Mexico
recognizedBy Mexican government NERFINISHED
regionType river valley settlements
relatedEthnicGroup Guarijío people NERFINISHED
Tarahumara people NERFINISHED
Yaqui people NERFINISHED
religion syncretic Catholicism
traditional Indigenous beliefs
traditionalAgriculture bean cultivation
irrigated farming
maize cultivation
riverine agriculture
squash cultivation
traditionalEconomy agriculture
traditionalHousing adobe houses
thatched-roof houses
uses Mayo language in ritual contexts
Spanish language in daily life

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Mayo language ethnicPopulation Mayo people of Sonora and Sinaloa