Guelaguetza in Etla - Just one dance

The more times I experience and see the dances of the guelaguetza, the more I appreciate them.  To hear familiar music and see familiar steps and moves, well, it just gets better and better.  If you can believe it, I am always moved to tears when I see and hear the Flor de Piña dancers.  It is that powerful.  Each dance really deserves a post of its own, but I will go with one of my absolute favorites, along with everyone else, the Jarabe Mixteco.  Here are the dancers from Monday's performance in Etla.

 You can see the entire outfit is designed to flow, to swirl.  The skirt and ribbons are magical.

 It begins.

 

This dancer was wonderful, high flying.  Normally, the woman draws everyone's eyes, but this guy was great.

 Float like a butterfly

 You can see the beauty of all those ribbons and colors.

It's some sweet courting dance, with flirting and teasing, lots of give and take.

 Eventually, he reaches out to take the flower from her mouth.....

 And it is done.....

And that is just one dance.  There were close to twenty more!