Culture & Heritage in Sonora
People in Sonora have managed to dominate the desert and to make of these land a propitious place for life and development; for that reason, in addition to its immense geographic wealth, its characteristic beaches and mountains added to its great history, the most relevant of Sonora is its people; a generous community, eager to share the wonders of its land and ready to present the beauties this hospitable territory, located just in the heart of the north of Mexico.
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Education in Sonora
Under constant development Sonora’s high priority is education; it counts with internationally acclaimed universities offering a large variety of careers to satisfy the necessities of whoever would like to study in the State.
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Senior citizens
Sonora is a land where everyone in the family can have something to do; following that line, it’s a place ready to offer many great attractive for people of any age. For the senior citizens this land is a refuge with a wide variety of activities.
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Traditions in Sonora
Almost 200 popular festivities are celebrated in Sonora during the year; Most of them revolve around patron saints and are combined with civic celebrations. Depending on the region, the citizens give each festivity unique characteristics.
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Native Groups in Sonora
 The Sonora natives were divided in 9 tribes, 8 of them still populate the State and continue with their history and traditions.
The place where they used to live was constructed according to the temperature of the region; its towns and villages were founded at the margin of the rivers, favoring its agricultural workings.
They have a rich and varied culture, with extraordinary artistic manifestations, in where the effort of the man to dominate the nature is demonstrated.
This is an invitation for you to get to know these cultures in order to understand the beginnings of this wonderful land.
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Guarijios
Guarijios live in the Southeastern part of the state of Sonora at the side of the Sierra Madre Oriental, where the states of Chihuahua and Sonora are contiguous. They make crafts with natural materials like palm, clay, branches and fibers, which they weave.
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Mayos
The mayo region is located in the northern part of Sinaloa and southern Sonora. Among the crafts they elaborate we can find: wool blankets, stick baskets, furniture, kitchen tools and wood masks.
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Yaquis
Yaquis have always been identified as a war-loving tribe, ready to fight to defend their land and their right to govern themselves. The history of the Yaquis is full of acts of heroic resistance in order to defend their territory and culture, an ancestral culture enriched by its rites and traditions.
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Papagos
The term “pima” designates the ethnic and linguistic group that lives in the Sierra Madre Occidental where the southeastern part of Sonora and the southwestern part of Chihuahua meet.
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Pimas
The term “pima” designates the ethnic and linguistic group that lives in the Sierra Madre Occidental where the southeastern part of Sonora and the southwestern part of Chihuahua meet.
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Seris
Currently seris live in two places of the desert coast of Sonora: Desemboque which is located in Pitiquito’s municipality and Punta Chueca located in Hermosillo, near Kino Bay. The artisan work at this moment consists of iron wood carving, the weave of coritas and elaboration of necklaces.
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Opatas
Opata literally means “enemies” they used to be called by their neighbors, the Pimas. Actually opatas are a tribe of Piman stock. Little is known about them, because their tribe extinguished more than a century ago.
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Cucapa
Cucapa is one of the groups in risk of extinction in the state. This small population, lost of almost all their traditions (except death rituals) and their language, and had put themselves in disadvantage with other groups.
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Kikapu
Kikapus were settled in Sonora since the mid-nineteenth century when they bought a common land from the government, where they live nowadays. Adjusted to the mestizos, Kikapus are in process of extinction as an ethnic group.
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