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Tarahumara
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Ta·ra·hu·ma·ra  (tär-h-mär, tr-)
n. pl. Tarahumara or Ta·ra·hu·ma·ras
1. A member of a Native American people of north-central Mexico.
2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Tarahumara.

[American Spanish, from alteration of Tarahumara Rarámuri, the people, Tarahumara.]
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Noun1.Tarahumara - a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico
Taracahitian - a member of a group of peoples of Mexico


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The Spanish named the Indians they encountered, Tarahumara, originating from the word Raramuri, meaning 'foot runners'.
The 54-year-old pharmacy technician from Granada Hills was dressed in the regalia of the Raramuri tribe, including a breastplate made of otter fur and buffalo hair-bone pipes along with a headpiece of purple deer-tail hair and brown porcupine hair.
And Chihuahua is home to the ruins at Paquime and many collections of traditional art from the Raramuri Indians.
 
 
 
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