Ambito Puerto Vallarta

At the Galerie des Artistes Opening of Evelyne Boren’s Show
Galerie des Artistes hosted a cocktail reception for beloved Puerto Vallarta artist Evelyne Boren, to mark the opening of her annual exhibition in this prestigious gallery.

At a press conference at the City Council Room in the City Hall, the upcoming fifth edition of the Wixaritari Tateikie Festival, to be held from March 7 to 21 at Plaza Caracol.
The press conference, organized jointly by the City of Puerto Vallarta and the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples (CDI ) was presided over by Art and Culture Under Director Monica Venegas, Municipal DIF System President Celina Lomelí Ramirez, Municipal Tourism Director Jose Luis Diaz Borioli, Soledad Garcia from Muncipal Indigenous Services, CDI Jalisco Representative Guadalupe Flores Flores and the commissioner for Tateikie Artisans, Higinio Bautista. They all took the floor to share the details of the festival with the media.
The infdigenous festival has grown in importance through the years. Guadalupe Flores emphasized the importance of number five in the Wixarika (Huichol) cosmogony, which makes this edition of the festival a very special one. It is also a milestone in the story of the festival, since the San Andres Cohamiata Wixarika community set out to carry out five editions of the festival before assessing its achievements and deciding whether to continue. It’s most likely to go on.
City officials expressed the support from the departments and agencies they represent to the Wixarika undertaking and their satisfaction because events like these bring Puerto Vallarta under the spotlight as a culture-rich destination.
Talking about the benefits the Wixaritari have received from the festival, Flores said that besides the immediate economic benefits, since the festival generates revenues for about $400,000 pesos, it is a great showcase for Huichol culture. The handicrafts exhibition at the festival allows selling direct to the public, while making Huichol artisan known to the broad audiences. Recently, a group of Wixaritari artists toured 18 European cities and performed before the royalty. This is transforming the concept other cultures have about Huichol culture. On the other hand, Huichol artistes have gained popularity and appeared before large audiences abroad. Their music can be found on the Internet.
Within the festival program, the premiere of the Venado (Deer) documentary film stands out. It documents the life of jicareros, the bearers of the offerings in the Tserie’kame Ceremonial Center in Cohamiata. Directed by Pablo Fulgueira, it was made in response to the own jicareros’ request. Fulgueira had shot The Steps of the Cantador in 2004.
The festival opens Sunday, March 7 at 18:00 with the staging of a Baton Turn Over (the annual inauguration ceremony of village officials). There will be traditional and regional music shows every evening at 19 hours, and a permanent exhibition of handicrafts from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Plaza Caracol.