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Chimayo
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Chimayo

Community in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, northern New Mexico, USA, 34 km/21 mi north of Santa Fe; population (1990) 2,800. An agricultural trade centre, Chimayo handles local apples, chilli peppers, and grain. It has also been a noted weaving centre since 1805.

Formerly a Tewa pueblo, later a Spanish frontier post, Chimayo's sanctuary (1813) and chapel are both much visited for their reputed healing powers.



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Since the 1970s, a group of women from Chimayo, New Mexico, and environs-the back-to-the-land, homebuilding, and hippie community--have been welcoming each new baby with a quilt.
Piecing a community: for three decades, a circle of northern New ... by Logghe, Joan / Mothering
Sign on the wall of El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico
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Lenten pilgrimage to the shrine at Chimayo, New Mexico, famous for miraculous healing.
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