THESE INDIANS RELIED ON THE WORSHIPPING GODS. THEIR RELIGIOUS COMPLEX WAS VERY DIFFERENT TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES. THEIR COMPLEX IS PART OF THE OTOMI AND NAHUA PEOPLE OF THE SAME REGION. THEIR CEREMONIES ADDRESS SOUL FORCES BY PAPER FIGURES AND MUSICAL FLOWERS CARRIED OUT IN HOMES, AT SHRINES AND IN NATIVE ORATORIES.
THE SUPREME DEITY IS THE SUN WHEN HE SETS AT NIGHT, HE LEAVES THE STARS TO GUARD OVER THE WORLD. THE MOON IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVIL. THE GODS AND BEINGS WORSHIPPED BY THE NATURE SPIRITS. THEY BELIEVE IN A LIFE FORCE CALLED BY OBSERVERS AT VARIOUS TIMES THE SPIRIT, SOUL, OR SHADE. THE SPIRIT CAN SEPARATE ITSELF FROM A LIVING PERSON FOR A SHORT TIME.
RELIGIOUS DANCES ARE PERFORMED DURING VILLAGE FIESTAS. THESE ARE LEARNED AND MAINTAINED BY GROUPS OF VILLAGES WHEN DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THIS SACRED ART. STORY TELLING IS A POPULAR FOR ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS DANCES.
THE TEPEHUAN IS UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE OF CENTRAL MEXICO, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE TOTONACAN LANGUAGE, TEPEHUA. THERE ARE 25,000 PEOPLE WHO SPEAK TEPEHUA.
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