Huautla de Jiménez region
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The Huautla de Jiménez region is a mountainous area in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known as a cultural and spiritual center of the Mazatec people and for its traditional use of psilocybin mushrooms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huautla de Jiménez region canonical | 1 |
| San Miguel Soyaltepec region | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | municipality of Huautla de Jiménez ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dennis McKenna
ⓘ
surface form:
Gordon Wasson
Maria Sabina ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical highland climate ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | pressure on cloud forest ecosystems ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important site in history of psychedelic research
ⓘ
major spiritual center for Mazatec people ⓘ |
| elevation | mountainous highlands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mazatec people ⓘ |
| governingState | State of Oaxaca ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCenter | Huautla de Jiménez ⓘ |
| healingRitualName | velada ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | increased foreign visitors after 1950s psychedelic publicity ⓘ |
| indigenousName | Mazatec territory ⓘ |
| issue | tension between traditional practices and psychedelic tourism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mazatec shamanism
ⓘ
indigenous healing ceremonies ⓘ traditional use of psilocybin mushrooms ⓘ veladas with sacred mushrooms ⓘ |
| language | Mazatec languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oaxaca
ⓘ
Sierra Mazateca ⓘ northern Oaxaca ⓘ |
| mushroomSpeciesUsed |
Psilocybe caerulescens
ⓘ
Psilocybe mexicana ⓘ other psilocybin‑containing Psilocybe species ⓘ |
| partOf | Mazatec region ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic |
high proportion of Mazatec speakers
ⓘ
predominantly indigenous ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
coffee cultivation
ⓘ
small‑scale livestock raising ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ tourism related to indigenous culture ⓘ |
| religion | syncretic Catholic and indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| ritualLanguageUse | Mazatec language in chants and prayers ⓘ |
| sacredElement | psilocybin mushrooms as “niños santos” ⓘ |
| timeZone |
America/Mexico_City
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time (Mexico)
|
| traditionalPractice |
curanderismo
ⓘ
use of entheogenic mushrooms in rituals ⓘ |
| transportAccess | mountain roads from Tehuacán and Oaxaca City ⓘ |
| vegetation |
cloud forest
ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.