Tarahumara Tribe and their cave houses, Mexico

The Tarahumar tribe live in the Copper Canyon, Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico. They are known for their speed of running, and mostly hunted their prey on foot. An elder of the tribe, Luis Gloria Refugio shows Manchán around his cave and tells how many of his people are now moving to the town as life is easier and there is a continual supply of food. Although life on this fertile plain looks idyllic there is a lot of work involved in planting the corn and minding animals. The Jesuits have been here trying to convert the Tarahumara for 400 years without much luck. Some Tarahumara people have retreated deeper into the mountains to escape the influence of the modern world. They still hunt on foot using spears.
Manchán Magan, Global Nomad Films www.manchan.com

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[99cacahuate]

people in tarahumara tribe ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, but when this same people are in the states gringos call them " hispanics-latinos" THAS SO WRONG, THATS NOTHING BUT RACISM AND DESCRIMINATION AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS, WELL THIS IS NOT NEW, ISN'T IT........ just saying...

[urielafs]

tarahumaras are great but they call themselves raramuri. and its sad how their true culture has been corrupted in some places. the untouched raramuri never lie and they a system withing their culture called corima. a raramuri always knows the needs of a fellow raramuri and if he can help he'll do it more as a reflex then the nice thing to do. a pay it forward kind of thing. nice huh? well thats all getting lost by the more "advanced" western civilization.

[inciso2012]

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo, desde el momento que hablan de "tribus" estos infelices creen que ellos son los civilizados, los avanzados. Están muy lejos de entender la verdadera filosofía de vida rarámuri. Estos europeos decadentes nunca van a estar a la altura de gente tan noble como los rarámuri, porque les falta lo mas importante que puede tener un ser humano: HUMILDAD. Nadie de estos turistas ignorantes aguantaría una vida tan difícil como en la tarahumara. INFELICES "OCCIDENTALES"!!!!!

[jimmart32]

MY UTMOST RESPECT TO THIS YOUNG MAN, WHOM DID THIS VIDEO(2006). I feel ashamed, being mexican, I just learned about the Tarahumar in 2012, just because it is in the news due to a drought and freezing temperatures that is killing their cattle and crops.

[chanook100]

por favor raza no sean pendejos que otras culturas nos estudian apreciando nuestras cualidades sin respetarnos = QUIERO LO QUE SABES PERO NO TE QUIERO A TI , Y CU8ANDO YO SEA MEJOR QUE TU DIRE QUE TU ERES INFERIOR . POR FAVO9R NO SEAMOS PENDEWJOS

[1992trailstar]

haha its Ireland's native language "Gaeigle". Leamh me an leabhar born to run faoi na ndaoine seo is tá siad an suimiuil. Ba mhaith liom dul an sa todhchai.

[ElvisDrinksCoffee]

Why put the description in English, then have the narrator speak in some other language?

[QBALL85]

Good thing I speak spanish. I only understood one thing in this video. I don't know what the hell the narrator is speaking.

[peopleofthesuns]

@99cacahuate its cuz some white people are ignorant and retarded.

[99cacahuate]

@Dudeluv27 im a human, plain and simple.....

[morgoniousmonk]

Keyboard warriors strike again... what if we just enjoy the video...?

[paoadabelle]

@delxart Latin-Americans call themselves that because we know it is a culture, not a race. :-| It is as "racist" to consider indigenous-Americans Latino as it is to consider Germans, Chinese, Arab, Japanese, Sub-saharan descent people in Latin-American "Latinos" too. (Hence not racist at all) It' s not like we needed US nationals to tell us of our history. We know we are from many different backgrounds and if we want to identify as one, we have every right to.