According to conventional wisdom, the start of the summer rainy season at lakeside coincides with the June 13 Feast of Saint Anthony in San Antonio Tlayacapan.
During the nine-day celebration that began on June 5, villagers gather daily around 6:30 p.m. for colorful street processions led by youngsters dressed up in brown robes to emulate spiritual patron San Antonio de Padua. Ritual dancers attired in colorful indigenous costumes, marching bands and floats decorated to depict biblical stories or religious virtues also appear in the parades that precede evening services at the town church.