El Danzón (dance)

One of the typical dances that also is widely practised in Boca del Rio; it is the Danzón.

The danzón as such, as other musical expressions, has his origin in the African etnias, it came to Mexico in 1879 and did his I arrive to Veracruz coming for Alvarado, Tlacotalpan, Boca del Rio and the port of Veracruz.

Wardrobe

The Jarocho dance  is accompanied by a specific, half-caste wardrobe in his origin, is of Valencian and Andalusian influence, it was used at the end of last century wearing tail or half a tail and olanes, as well as I muffle to the indigenous usage element in the suit that independently of his Spanish origin, it is possible to affirm that the needs and the indigenous taste transformed the original article up to turning her into a typically national article. Which does not serve only the head to be covered or to cross on the chest as a simple adornment but also it is a provisional cradle of the children, handkerchief with which the women rinse his tears, unexpected basket in which they take to the market the fruits or cover for the infante who sleeps together with the mother who works.

Son Jarocho (dance)

In Boca del Rio there is practised still the folklore dance, inside which the "Son jarocho" is one of the most representative, the disciplines of the dance are very rigid, between that they are, " Sones of bunch ", exclusive for women, " Son of Pairs " and " Son of couples " of an alone pair who is replaced with other one during the development of the Son, and some sones as " the bakers " who belongs to a pair, where there is replaced the man or to the woman of agreement with what indicate the musicians who well can ask the man to make the woman alone, or to request the woman who leaves only the man. Then each one they have to look for his dance partner or his companion, in order that it continues the dance in pair.

Son Jarocho (Músic)