Kusukela ngekhulu leshumi nane, ukuba khona kwabantu basePurépecha kwaziwa endaweni ehlanganisa cishe yonke into namuhla eyakha izwe laseMichoacán nengxenye yeGuanajuato, iGuerrero neQuerétaro.
Amalungu abantu basePurépecha awazange anqotshwe yilokho kunqotshwa futhi namuhla bangabantu abanobunikazi babo.
UDon Vasco de Quiroga wenza umsebenzi obalulekile nowaziswayo, wakha izikole namadolobha lapho akhuthaza khona - ngokuya ngesiko lePurépecha - ukuthuthukiswa komsebenzi wobuciko oqhubekayo nanamuhla. Lesi sifunda sakhiwe ngomasipala abangu-13 kanti sisenkabeni yezwe elisenyakatho. Isici esisodwa sePlateau ukubaluleka kwabantu bomdabu baso, yize ingxenye yaso ibilokhu iqhubeka nenqubo yokugcotshwa. Kodwa-ke, ulimi nobuzwe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, kuyizinto ezinikeza ubumbano futhi zigcine isiko lePurépecha ligxilile.
IZAHLUKO ZISEBENZELA UKUVAKASHELA
Ethafeni lasePurépecha kunamasonto angama-18 asukela ngekhulu le-16 okufanele akuvakashele. Lezi yizi: Pichátaro, Sevina, Nahuatzen, Cherán, Aranza, Paracho, Ahuiran, Pomacuarán, San Felipe de los Herreros, Nurio, Cocucho, Charapan, Ocumicho, Corupo, Zacán, Angaguan, San Lorenzo naseCapácuaro.