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Posted by Xaman
on October 23, 2009, 8:20 pm
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We discussed this before, the cover artwork for Shango being a yarn painting by Huichol Indians. Someone, sorry brother I can't remember who did, mentioned that the image came from a National Geographic article.
I've been going through stacks of of National Geographic magazines ever since. Today was my first day back at work after a two month vacation. I found a stack of magazines in the lounge. Finally found the one I had been looking for. I scanned some pages. 
This is not Shango's cover art, but the colors and style is very similar.
The top image is very close to Santana Shango's art work. The differences are minor. What do you think? 
Finally, the map shows areas where Huichol Indians live. The entire map, not just the areas in orange, is where the Huicholes are known to live.
Autlan, Jalisco -Carlos Santanas' is more less toward bottom center of the map. Some of what has been written about the health clinic that Carlos built and funds in Autlan, through the Milagro foundation, explains that it serves the Huichol indigenous population that come down from the sierra. Carlos might feel kinship with these people, and doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that Carlos' Mestizo indiagenous blood could be Huichol.
Someone wrote earlier that I should get a life a life. I am trying very hard, but all this stuff keeps falling on my lap.
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