Jarana yucateca

The jarana is the typical dance and musical form of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Jarana is the name of the dance originally performed during "La vaqueria" celebration but is seen performed throughout the year in various central parks or zócalos throughout the Yucatán including Mérida, Yucatán's capital.

Both women and men are dressed in traditional Maya wear for the jarana dance.

The men, on the other hand dress all in white with a typical guayabera shirt, hat and a handkerchief that falls to the knee called a paliacate.

They also wear traditional leather sandals or "chanclas" called "chillonas" for the squealing sound the thick heal makes.