Hector Medina Miranda is a research professor at ciesas and member of the National System of Researchers, level ii. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Salamanca; a master's degree in the same discipline with a specialization in Ethnology from the University of Salamanca. unamdegree in Social Anthropology from the enah. He has conducted research on social organization, rituals and mythology. wixaritari. In recent years his studies have focused on the analysis of the territorialities of these peoples from an anthropological and historical perspective and has ventured into the study of other indigenous societies of Jalisco. In addition, he has developed projects on livestock stereotypes in Spain and Mexico, as well as bullfighting rituals and livestock traditions on both sides of the Atlantic.

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The Fiesta de los Arcos: the renewal of the alliance between the ancient Indian villages of Lagos de Moreno.

  • Hector Medina Miranda

The article describes the ritual performed by the three ancient Indian villages of Lagos de Moreno (Jalisco, Mexico) in which they renew a long-standing alliance and reclaim their common history and origin as indigenous societies. It is an act of resistance to attempts to deny or make them invisible in a context of adverse policies.