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...... God is said to have taught the Raramuri how to make corn beer, and getting drunk on the elixir is a sacred act and a responsibility of every community member, not a shameful practice (Burnett, 2007). This is despite the often outrageous events of the tesguino Holy Week festival (Biggers ventures in the Sierra Madre, 2006). According to anthropologist Bill Merrill, of the Smithsonian Institute, the tesguino beer is supposed to do away with the believers ego, and through intoxication bring the drinker back to a childlike state. When people get drunk thats why they act like children [the Raramuri believe]Because the souls that are controlling their actions are the little souls, like little children (Burnett, 2007). By custom, participants will drink, dance, drum and carouse for as long as the tesguino holds out, whether two days or two weeks. [The] Spring planting will wait, and the harvest is a harvest of happiness as well as of corn. Instead of wishing one another a Happy Easter, the Raramuri wish one another bosasa or fill up, be satisfied, be contented (Burnett, 2007)
This sense of joy during a celebration where conventional rules are suspended regarding behavior, and the blending of

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