Jarabe Tapatio

The Jarabe Tapatío is a Mexican folk dance which imitates the movements of a male bird paying court to the female. The Jarabe Tapatío is known as the national dance throughout Mexico and around the world it is known as the Mexican Hat Dance. The word jarabe comes from Arab word xarab which means herb mixture and the word Tapatío represents the people in Guadalajara. The meaning behind the mixture of herbs is the mix of influences that made the dance style which includes the waltz, polka, and indigenous American dances. In the book Dancing With the World Part I the the meaning of the word jarabe is syrup or mixed sweet drink which was consumed in fiestas and parties. The Jarabe Tapatío dance is popular in the central and southern of Mexico and it is very well-known besides the other …show more content…
The music that is played for the Jarabe Tapatío dance was created to dance along with it. The song that is used for this dance was produced by Jesus Gonzalez Rubio in 1924 and the tempo of the song increases as the steps and the story starts to intensify. Some of the movements that are done during the dance are ado which includes kicking, stomping, hopping and sliding around the sombrero. The female dancer also moves her skirt ... The women wears a traditional China Poblana outfit which consists of a white blouse and multicolored skirt. The story behind the China Poblana is that Mirra, a princess from India was kidnapped and taken to the Philippines then sent to Mexico to be sold as a slave in the city of Puebla. Mirra was sent to Puebla to work as a servant and her outfit made an impression since they started to copy her style. The man wears a charro outfit which consists of the black uniform that looks like a cowboy suit which is decorated with silver buttons along the trousers and the