![P1000238 Decorated canasta with religious scene.](http://casitacolibri.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/p1000238.jpg?w=500)
However, the season of yellow marigolds (cempazuchitl) and the yellows, oranges, and purples of flor inmortal (immortal flower) has begun and that means Días de los Muertos and Noche de Rabanos can’t be far behind.
![P1000230 Decorated canasta with image of Virgin Mary.](http://casitacolibri.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/p1000230.jpg?w=500)
In the meantime, during the past week, Teotitlán del Valle celebrated La Santísima Virgen del Rosario and early Friday evening, the unmarried girls and women gathered with their canastas for the traditional convite (holy procession).
![P1000232 Decorated canasta with image of bandaged head of Jesus.](http://casitacolibri.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/p1000232.jpg?w=500)
And, given the season, flor inmortal played a prominent role in the decorations of many of the canastas.
![P1000228 Flor inmortal surround a crucifixion scene on a canasta.](http://casitacolibri.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/p10002281.jpg?w=500)
And, as always, I’m amazed and captivated by the girls and women who, with arms raised, balance these sizable baskets on their head, as they navigate the sacred route along the cobbled (and, this day, rain-slicked) streets of Teotitlán del Valle — for almost an hour!
![P1000315 Young women wearing dark red wool wrap skirts and embroidered white blouses, carry large canastas on their heads](http://casitacolibri.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/p1000315.jpg?w=500&h=371)
It’s a scene that I never tire of — of course, I’m not carrying a canasta on my head!
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