Getting ready for Palm Sunday

Every year, families from the Mixteca region, to the north of the city, come and set up the Alameda, in front of the cathedral, to create little works of art made with palms.  They use both the leaves and the hearts.  It's a little bit of magic and they weave the leaves and hearts into all sorts of shapes.

They come in all ages and, as in many things Oaxacan, they start pretty young.

In no time at all, they are creating wonderful little pieces of art.

There looked to be about a dozen families, all from the same area and all doing a fairly brisk business.

I purchased this purple, one the colors of Semana Santa, wreath from Olga Mendoza Diaz.

I also got a beautiful piece from Raoul Hernandez.

Such a wonderful tradition.