New San Martín; waterfall, Silvestre Cuevas bathing

RMLApril 14

A little boy urinated in church, then started to splash around in his urine. His mother pushed him outside and rubbed in the urine with the bottom of her foot until it was absorbed into the floor.

Leonardo RonquilloApril 16

Women use one stream for bathing, men another. Women and men bathe at any time, though women like bathing on Saturdays from seven to eight in the morning. Men and women never bathe together: they are respectful.

Capulín; children bathing

Ambrosio JiménezApril 17

Men bathe in the same stream, but later than the women— in the evenings.

Silvestre CuevasApril 28

During hot season huipiles are washed twice a week, and in cold season they are washed once a week.

RMLMay 10

When women come to the center, one sees many of them washing their arms and legs. Before eating a visitor is always offered a gourd of water for hand washing. The head of the family pours the water over the hands of the visitor.