{"id":7719,"date":"2024-11-21T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpatzcuaro.com\/?post_type=citadela-item&#038;p=7719"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:23:55","slug":"ano-nuevo-purepecha-kurhikuaeri-kuinchekua","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/item\/ano-nuevo-purepecha-kurhikuaeri-kuinchekua\/","title":{"rendered":"Pur\u00e9pecha New Year (Kurh\u00edkuaeri K\u2019u\u00ednchekua)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b>The lighting of the New Fire and the rebirth of a nation<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\" class=\"translation-block\">Every year, during the transition from the night of February 1st to 2nd, the Pur\u00e9pecha people experience their most sacred moment: the Kurh\u00edkuaeri K\u2019u\u00ednchekua (The Festival of Fire), a ceremony that marks the beginning of the Pur\u00e9pecha New Year. This celebration is not governed by Catholic saints or civil dates, but by the stars: it occurs when the constellation Orion (the Plow) reaches its highest point in the sky, a sign that it is time to offer gifts to Kurh\u00edkuaeri, the God of the Sun and Fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"7\" class=\"translation-block\">A Historical Rescue (1983) This ancestral tradition had disappeared after the Conquest, but it was rescued in 1983 by a group of intellectuals and social activists (starting in Tzintzuntzan) with a clear objective: to recover their roots, collective memory, and strengthen the identity of the people. Since then, it has followed the ancient Pur\u00e9pecha calendar of 18 months of 20 days each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>The Ritual: Old Fire and New Fire<\/b> The ceremony is itinerant; each year a different community is chosen. The ritual consists of a solemn walk where the T\u2019er\u00fanchiecha (carriers) carry the ashes of the \u201cOld Fire\u201d from the community that guarded it the previous year to the new site. There, the \u201cNew Fire\u201d is lit, which will burn and be guarded until the next cycle.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0\"><b>\ud83d\udd25 Sede 2027: De Tingambato <\/b>a<b> Ich\u00e1n<\/b> For this 2027 cycle, the New Fire will begin its journey from <b>Tingambato <\/b>(headquarters 2026) to the community of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ichanmichpueblodeleyendas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Ich\u00e1n<\/b><\/a>, who will be the hostess in charge of renewing hope and guarding the sacred symbol.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"10\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Golden Rules for Visitors<\/b> If you decide to attend, you must understand that this <b>is not a tourist festival<\/b>, it is a ceremony of reflection and cultural cohesion.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"11,0,0\"><b>\ud83d\udeab ALCOHOL PROHIBITED:<\/b> Unlike other fairs, the consumption of alcoholic beverages is strictly prohibited here. It is a solemn event.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>It's not political or religious:<\/b> You won't see images of saints or political party logos. It's a purely indigenous and cultural celebration.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"11,2,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Respect:<\/b> It is a time to listen to the \u201cJuchari Uinapikua\u201d (Our Strength) and the oral transmission of knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"12\"><b>\ud83d\udcc5 Date:<\/b> Night of February 1st and day of February 2nd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El encendido del Fuego Nuevo y el renacer de una naci\u00f3n Cada a\u00f1o, en la transici\u00f3n de la noche del 1 al 2 de febrero, el pueblo pur\u00e9pecha vive su [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[486],"citadela-item-location":[411],"class_list":["post-7719","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-eventos","citadela-item-location-santa-clara-del-cobre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=7719"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=7719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}