Porochi Runs - Keeping Culture Alive
Running has always been a part of the Raramuri culture through sport games such as rarajipari and ariweta. True Messages joined with 100 Mile Club to bring an opportunity to participate for the Porochi school in the Sierra Tarahumara
Busuréliami Children’s Education Program Update
Fall 2022 Busureliame project update from Tierra Nativa.
Since January, 2022, our Busuréliami team has conducted over 300 classes for 148 grade school and middle school students from seven communities and conducted special events that included another 300 children, parents, traditional leaders and teachers.
Busuréliami Radio Broadcast
True Messages is excited to be able to sponsor and support the production of the Busureliami Radio program along with Tierra Nativa and Makawi. This program represents a significant opportunity to further the knowledge and education of the Raramuri youth on the wisdoms and learnings from their grandparents and all the grandparents before them.
We plan on making on making these broadcasts available for everyone to enjoy. Even though they will be in the Raramuri language, the programs include music and song and other elements that everyone will be able to experience and appreciate.
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Barefoot Ted and Luna to take the lead on the Busureliame project
True Messages is super excited to announce additional support from the Luna Sandal company and team lead by Barefoot Ted and Liv Irem McDonald. Luna has always supported True Messages and of course has been helping our Raramuri friends in the Sierra for over a decade, but now they will be taking the lead support on perhaps our most important project - the Busureliame Cultural Education effort
Busureliame Project
Busuréliame is the Rarámuri expression for learning and means literally “inner awakening”.
True Messages has joined with Tierra Nativa NGP (which has sponsored the program since 2017) to provide support and resources for the Busureliame project under the leadership Tarahumara visionary, leader, teacher, poet and recording artist, Makawi
Makawi has created, and with his team and teachers continues to develop, a cultural education program to guide Tarahumara children towards a deeper functional understanding of their language and culture in cooperation with the grade schools of the Sierra Tarahumara and the Municipal of Urique Chihuahua
“Education of our children in our language and customs is our most fundamental right and responsibility, but our children are not learning well. In order to learn well, our children must awaken. Their families must awaken. Their communities must awaken
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