People have been predicting the demise of the Rarámuri for centuries, but through all of this time they have persevered. Now the pressure from outside is stronger than ever. The Rarámuri, along with countless other indigenous cultures on our planet, are in the direct route of what some call progress and as a result are disappearing at an alarming rate. The outside world is hungry for the resources that often exist within their sacred lands, resources these Indigenous peoples have chosen not to disturb for hundreds or thousands of years. With the loss of these ancient cultures goes the treasury of wisdom gained from living in balance with their internal and external worlds, from listening to the breath of winds and observing the passage of waters, stars, seasons and souls. And with this going is a farewell to the amazing patchwork quilt of cultures that is human evolution. Also go the languages that have been whispered through the centuries, the songs, the stories, the traditions and dreams.
With all of this loss go the great, ancient secrets of survival.