Slide 1 : What this dancing pairs have in common?
Jarabe tapatío Jarana yucateca
… THEY ARE BOTH MEXICAN
The “Jarana Yucateca” : The “Jarana Yucateca” Is a typical dance habitants of Yucatan have been performing for centuries during a folkloric festivity called “vaquería”
The Jarana is a hybrid of the ‘Spanish Jota’ and ‘Mayan tribal dances’
The Jarana Music : The Jarana Music Jarana music is performed by a “Orquesta Jaranera”, comprised of 15-25 musicians
Costumes for dancing Jarana : Costumes for dancing Jarana Women wear their best embroided “ternos”, flowers on their hair and white heels.
Men wear white hat, linen white clothes with a red or white embroided bandana tucked in their waist, and mayan sandals called “alpargatas”.
Jarana is also a challenging dance : Jarana is also a challenging dance Dancers sometime balance a beer bottle on their head.
Sometimes the challenge is to dance balancing a tray containing four glasses and one beer bottle.
Yucatecan kids also dance the Jarana : Yucatecan kids also dance the Jarana
You are wellcome to dance the Jarana! : You are wellcome to dance the Jarana!