La Montaña de Guerrero
Sierra Madre del Sur: Mè'phàà, Na Savi, and Nahua communities in a millennia-old relationship with the land and its cycles. From here you enter the narrative walkthrough or the photo gallery. Below: territory, heritage, and map.
Choose a part of the visit
Explore two thematic rooms created for the Guerrero exposition.
First rehearsal of the Xtá Ratsá dance
An immersive record of the first community rehearsal of the Xtá Ratsá dance in Laguna Seca: children and youth, traditional music, and collective practice in the school courtyard.
First rehearsal of the Xtá Ratsá dance
Interview with Maestro Albertano
A visual and testimonial account of the March and April 2026 field visits in Laguna Seca to document the Xtá Ratsá dance with Maestro Albertano Gerónimo Cantú García.
Interview with Maestro AlbertanoTerritory and heritage
La Montaña de Guerrero is one of Mexico’s most culturally and linguistically diverse regions. It is also among the most vulnerable to extreme weather: prolonged droughts, torrential rains, and floods that disrupt the farming cycles these communities depend on.
Despite these pressures, community practices — dance, ritual, collective organization — work as cohesion and adaptation. Documenting them is not only an act of memory: it recognizes knowledge that can inform broader resilience strategies.
Communities in focus
- Mè'phàà communities — A long presence in La Montaña; linguistic and agricultural knowledge tied to the territory.
- Na Savi (Mixtec) — Community practices and organization weaving together ritual, collective work, and memory.
- Nahua communities — Continuity of language and ritual in dialogue with natural cycles and climate pressures.
Dances in focus
Traditional dances (pilot documentation)
At this stage the focus is on one or two repertoires that condense cosmology, relationship with the environment, and transmission between generations.
Cuisine
- La Montaña cuisine — Dishes tied to the milpa, seasons, and community fairs; gustatory and agricultural memory.
Oral tradition
- Stories of the territory — Narratives about rain, planting, and festival that organize the community calendar in the face of climate change.
Map — Guerrero, Mexico
Bounds and markers from data; the same modular setup as the national map on the home page scales to other regions.
Interactive map: La Montaña de Guerrero (Guerrero, Mexico). Explore the territory with zoom and pan.
Our approach
All field work is done in collaboration with communities. Audiovisual pieces are produced with informed consent and governed by a community ethics protocol that upholds community sovereignty over image and narrative.