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The roles of men and women are carefully defined in Atiteco society — in this case the women clean up the mess the men have made. At a given moment, the women and girls who have been waiting none too patiently for their moment erupt into the church bearing pitchers, full of water from the lake, gracefully upon their heads.

The women bring water into the church, deftly carrying pitchers of water on their heads.