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Straw Applique artist Diana Moya-Lujan from Santa Fe, New Mexico, painstakingly creates an indelible image of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe from tiny pieces of natural straw glued to a carved wooden background. Joining her in a three generation celebration of their art are daughter Lenise Martinez and granddaughter Hannah Lujan y Davis.

Juanito Jimenez has been painting Santos with pigment paints he made himself from naturally occurring clays for more than forty years. In this video he teaches a student how to collect these clays from a colorful quarry near Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu New Mexico, how to use a binder to make the pigments into paints, and how to apply these paints to a gesso coated board.

Roberto Contreras Senior and Junior are carrying on a long family tradition at their rancho in Northern Sonora- making Bacanora! This smoky and seductive agave spirit, long a treasured gift and necessity at fiestas and family gatherings is today finally making its way to a world market ever more fascinated by the variety of agave spirits made throughout Mexico. To support the work of The Wisdom...

Though perhaps the most culturally ancient state in the union, New Mexico is fast losing its traditional masters. Now you can share early morning with three who are still with us. These excerpts from Los Comanches de la Serna, La Huerta de Don Bustos, and The Last Shepherds are truly a primer on what The Wisdom Archive is all about...

Los Matachines are ritual dance dramas performed in Hispano, Pueblo and Genizaro (mixed Spanish and Native) communities throughout New Mexico. On June 15th, 2019, the Matachine dancers of San Antonio, New Mexico danced half a mile uphill to the village ojito to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of their Genizaro community, Cañón del Carnué, and then back down the hill to their hom...

Raicilla is a type of Mezcal made in the Western Sierra of Jalisco Mexico. It is often made from a type of agave called "Lechuguilla", which is harvested and then cooked in a huge above ground horno made of brick and adobe. Manuel Salcedo, from the town of Mascota, is one of Mexico's foremost producers of raicilla, and in this film he shares his knowledge and love for the plant and the process ...

Traditional "herbera" Camila Trujillo shares the recipe for her Grandma Tonita's beans- so good you can eat them "Tres Veces al Día!" Secret ingredients include a micaceous clay bean pot or "Frijolera", and the much sought after southwestern native herb, "Chimaja". If you would like to support our work recording disappearing traditional culture, please donate at: thewisdomarchive.com/donate

Red Chile Sauce is the archetypal traditional New Mexican condiment- a little or a lot makes almost all traditional foods better! At 400 year old Santa Cruz Farm fresh dried, roasted, and milled chiles grown from heirloom seeds are the secret ingredient. Watch as Don Bustos and Camila Trujillo share their recipe, perfected over generations, for making their "Perfect" red chile sauce... If you w...

It's early morning and close to Christmas at Santa Cruz Farm. Don Bustos and Camila Trujillo work together to make "Perfect" blue corn atole for their breakfast. As usual in Northern New Mexico, there is some red chile involved! A teaser for the longer Wisdom Archive film, "La Huerta de Don Bustos", about Don and his more than four hundred year old traditional farm in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. If...

After a long and treasured career as a performer and interpreter of New Mexican and Western music, Antonia Apodaca left the stage forever on January 25th of 2020. Her music and vibrant personality live on in this series of songs recorded in August of 2015, as accompanied by her dear friend and fellow musician, Cipriano Vigil. Here, they perform Antonia's version of "Coffee Can Polka"... If you ...

After a long and treasured career as a performer and interpreter of New Mexican and Western music, Antonia Apodaca left the stage forever on January 25th of 2020. Her music and vibrant personality live on in this series of songs recorded in August of 2015, as accompanied by her dear friend and fellow musician, Cipriano Vigil. Here, they perform Antonia's version of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the ...

After a long and treasured career as a performer and interpreter of New Mexican and Western music, Antonia Apodaca left the stage forever on January 25th of 2020. Her music and vibrant personality live on in this series of songs recorded in August of 2015, as accompanied by her dear friend and fellow musician, Cipriano Vigil. Here, they perform Antonia's version of "Just Because"... (Extracted ...

After a long and treasured career as a performer and interpreter of New Mexican and Western music, Antonia Apodaca left the stage forever on January 25th of 2020. Her music and vibrant personality live on in this series of songs recorded in August of 2015, as accompanied by her dear friend and fellow musician, Cipriano Vigil. Here, they perform Antonia's version of "Mi Pecosita"... (Extracted f...

After a long and treasured career as a performer and interpreter of New Mexican and Western music, Antonia Apodaca left the stage forever on January 25th of 2020. Her music and vibrant personality live on in this series of songs recorded in August of 2015, as accompanied by her dear friend and fellow musician, Cipriano Vigil. Here, they perform Antonia's version of "La Jacalera"... (Extracted f...

Making the "Perfect" Ristra

La Huerta de Don Bustos: A Year in the Life of a Traditional New Mexican Farm

Francisco Florian: Herbero de Tikal

Lone Piñon

Lara Manzanares

Los Matachines

Don Marcos and his Sugar Mill (Don Marcos y su Trapiche)

"Dar Los Días"

"Frijolitos Pintos"

"Flor de las Flores"

"Las Posadas" in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico

"Las Posadas" on the Santa Fe Plaza

Entriega del Bautismo

Entriega de los Novios

Entriega del Difuncto