What Makes a Rarámuri a Rarámuri?

1. They observe the ceremonies.
2. They protect the forest.
3. They run.

“At the heart of who they are is running,” Will Harlan.

“Where we see giving as something extra or something that you should get praise for, to the Rarámuri, giving is just so ingrained in who they are that it’s not something that you have to go out of the way and say thank you for.”

Harlan is a professional ultra runner who has raced in the Copper Canyon ultramarathon.

Watch this video to get a feel for what it’s like to run with the Tarahumara, or Rarámuri:

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