In the municipal market, people gather at seven in the morning to buy foodstuffs and craft materials for their homes and businesses.

[3] The facade of the church is made of quarried stone called cantera with decorative stonework in the main entrance and choir window.

[4] The interior is also notable for a large number of colonial-era santos or statues of saints, many executed in fine polychrome that is well preserved to the present day.

[6] Another religious attraction is the Chapel of Cristo Grande located in a private home on Aquiles Serdan Street.

[3] The crafts room contains items such as old photographs, looms, exhibits on how wool is processed and dyes are made and used to make textiles.

[1] The town's major festival is the Feast of the Precious Blood of Christ which occurs each year on the first Wednesday of July and lasts about a week.

The event has carnival rides and a basketball tournament but the main feature is “Danza de la Pluma” or Feather Dance (called Guyach in Zapotec).

Dancers wear elaborate headdresses made from painted feathers, giving rise to the name in Spanish.

[8] The community is famous for its weavings called “laadi” in the local language,[3] with textiles as the main economic activity.

The new materials and looms allowed for the weaving a large, heavy duty items such as rugs, serapes and blankets.

Over time the village grew and began specializing solely in rugs to be used for trade or sale in markets of other towns in the other parts of the state.

[2][3] A famed Zapotec weaver was Arnulfo Mendoza of Casa Serra Sagrada in Teotitlan, owner of La Mano Majica gallery[9] in Oaxaca City.

The yarn is wound into large balls to prepare for dying with natural dyes such as those obtained from the needle bush, indigo, cochineal, “musgo de roca”, Brazilwood, Mexican marigold and others.

Workshops such as these even take custom orders with images of modern items such as a request for a wall hanging promoting Pentax cameras.

[4] Some of the workshops have broadened their offerings to include wall hangings, handbags, pillow covers, jackets, ponchos and dresses.

[2][3] As the seat of a municipality, the town of Teotitlán del Valle is the governing authority over nine other named communities,[11] which covers a territory of 81.54km2.

Wildlife is dominated by various bird species such as falcons, owls and ravens as well as small mammals such as opossums, skunks, and rabbits.

(inforamador) The two main attractions in the mountains are El Pichacho Peak, or Cerro Gie Bets (“stone brother” in Zapotec) and the Cuevita del Pedimento caves.

[3][5] One custom in this municipality is the concept of tequio or the performance of administrative duties without monetary compensation as a type of community service.

[2] Teotitlán del Valle is the setting for the Gideon Oliver novel Skull Duggery by Aaron Elkins.