The sacred landscape of Mucuyahue, in the heart of Huiricuta, is a portion of the San Luis Potosí Altiplano made up of gentle hills and plains. Its average altitude is 7,950 m. Creosote bushes (Larrea tridentata) and izote palms (Yucca) abound here, as well as an exceptional variety of endemic and endangered cacti, among which peyote stands out.

Upon arriving in this area, the jicareros light a fire to summon Tatehuari, the Grandfather Fire. They arrange the logs in a special way, directing the fire upward so that Tatehuari can see everyone. All the pilgrims present themselves before the fire. In the afternoon, a ritual song or ehuari is sung to invoke the deities and begin a fast. The next morning, the pilgrims leave their belongings by the fire. Then they line up from north to south, facing west, with the matehuamete (novices) in the center. Everyone is purified. They grind tobacco and prepare a small bag that they place inside one of their ritual gourds, or yacuais. They also wrap tobacco in a small corn husk and place it between the gum and cheek, as protection for those who are going to hunt jikuri. The elders who lead the pilgrimage, the nauxatame and urucuecame, stand on either side. They exchange their embroidered shoulder bags (patsari) filled with tobacco that they roasted along the way. One of them, on the south side, and the other on the north, carry quivers for bows and arrows (calahuina). The others carry a muvieri, a small feathered scepter. They blow their trumpets made from bull horns and set off in search of the blue deer, Tamatsi Paritsica.

In this place, the hunt consists of searching for a group of jikuri (Lophophora williamsii) buttons that form the silhouette of a deer, or some other significant figure, such as a golden eagle. When they find it, they place arrows on the ground at the four cardinal points around the figure. There they make an altar with arrows, gourds, candles, and other ritual objects. Then they all go out to collect jíkuri.

Once this is done, they return to the altar. Each pilgrim gives the leaders two of the jikuri buttons they collected: one on behalf of the ancestral deity Tatutsi (Our Great-Grandmother) and another on behalf of Tatehuari (Our Grandfather Fire). These are specially prepared for the novices. All the jicareros or gourd carriers consume the jíkuri. The elders take care of the novices, talk to them, and guide them through their spiritual journey. This is a particularly critical moment. If the pilgrims did not perform all the rituals correctly during the journey, they receive punishments that can even include madness. If they performed them properly, however, they receive great visions and wisdom. After consuming jicuri for some time, everyone returns to the fire. There they present the songs they have prepared during the pilgrimage and participate in a dance. Then they say goodbye to the fire and return to their camp. They remain at this site for five days, going out several times to collect jicuri. During this period, some pilgrims go to Raenax, while others stay behind to look after the camp.

Sacred sites:

Cumequite Memayae.

Cauyumarie Mayehue.