Imagine this

This is one of the big canastas that was carried in the calenda in Tlacolula last Friday.

It takes a couple of men to lift it to place it on the head of the woman who will be carrying it.

Look at that full extension. Now it's time to process and dance with the thing. 

As with the marmotas, it takes years of practice and then many calendas to be able to do this. They do start young.