The life of nuns, it turns out, is not at all as monotonous as we think

The laity's ideas about life within the walls of the monastery, as it turns out, are hopelessly outdated. Mexican photographer Marcela Taboada undertook to dispel age-old stereotypes. For three years, she filmed nuns of Catholic monasteries in Mexico and found out that, despite many hours of daily work and prayers, women find time to enjoy life.

Nuns perform many different duties every day. Their chores include decorating the altar with flowers, washing and drying clothes, starching laundry and cleaning tables after a banquet on holidays.

Abbess and Sister Virginia at a meeting of the nuns of the nine monasteries of the Carmelite Order offer the guests a piece of birthday cake.

76-year-old sister Clara believes that exercise is important for health at any age. In her youth, she was engaged in swimming and horse riding, and now prefers an exercise bike and a treadmill.

Sister Rubicelia is standing near the festive table before the banquet. She says she first heard the call of the Lord when she was 17 years old.

Reina's sister Maria plays volleyball. Daytime sports allow you to restore strength for the second half of a hard day.

The photographer took this comic picture of Emma's sister in a crown and with a staff after the sisters told her that they did not have a single photo portrait.

A procession of nuns who were allowed to leave the monastery for one day to visit the Franciscan monastery. Usually, sisters can only go out to see a dentist or another doctor, but not alone.