Editing Chimayo, New Mexico (section)

==Background==
The Potrero plaza of Chimayo is known internationally for a [[Roman Catholic church|Catholic]] chapel, the Santuario de Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas, commonly known as [[El Santuario de Chimayó]]. A private individual built it by 1816 so that local people could worship [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] as depicted at [[Esquipulas]]; preservationists bought it and handed it over to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe|Archdiocese of Santa Fe]] in 1929. The chapel is managed by the Archdiocese as a Catholic church. For its reputation as a healing site (believers claim that dirt from a back room of the church can heal physical and spiritual ills), it has become known as the "Lourdes of America," and attracts close to 300,000 visitors a year, including up to 30,000 during [[Holy Week]] (the week prior to [[Easter]]). It has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States."<ref name=Wroth>{{cite web|title=New Mexico Office of the State Historian: Santuario de Chimayó |last=Wroth |first=William H |url=http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=505 |access-date=2008-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718220710/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=505 |archive-date=2011-07-18 }}</ref> The sanctuary was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1970.

Chimayo has long been an important site for the Hispanic weaving traditions of northern New Mexico, and an important style of weaving which developed between 1920 and 1940 is named after the town. The {{Lang|es|Chimayó}} style is characterized by well-developed transverse bands and a prominent central motif. The central motif is usually diamond or hourglass shaped and very elaborate.{{sfnp|Lucero|Baizerman|1999|pp=176–178}} Because of how [[Anglo-Americans]] were interested in native American designs, products from Chimayo were marketed as Indian goods up until the early 1940s.{{sfnp|Lucero|Baizerman|1999|p=81}} Chimayo is particularly known for the weaving traditions of the Ortega and Trujillo families, who have been weaving in the Spanish Colonial tradition for many generations and operate weaving businesses near the Plaza del Cerro and in the placita of Centinela.<ref>{{cite news | last = Robbins | first = Catherine C. | date = 1982-07-18 | title =  Shopper's World; Weavers of the Rio Grande | work = New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/18/travel/shopper-s-world-weavers-of-the-rio-grande.html?sec=travel&pagewanted=all | access-date = 2008-03-23}}</ref> Their traditional craft is but one of several still practiced in the region, including tin smithing, wood carving, and making religious paintings. These activities, along with the local architecture and the landscape of irrigated fields, create a historic ambiance that attracts much tourism.

On Jan. 26, 1991, [[1991 Chimayo shootings|7 were killed in a shooting rampage]] in the town.