Mexico - This joyful Mestizo fiesta is from the coastal state of Nayarit. In traditional Mexican society, dances at the fiesta allow young men and women to mingle freely under the watchful eyes of their elders. Tequila drinking leads the dancers into a competition of balancing bottles and glasses on their heads. The dancing concludes as the dancers group together with raised machetes, representing the maguey plant, the symbol of the revolution against the Spanish landowners. This suite reflects the traditional style of "Son" dancing. A pre-trumpet era mariachi orchestra lends a Spanish colonial flavor to the suite.

Choreographed by Ramon Morones.

Presented to Westwind by Susan Cashion.

1979 video  filmed at Spangenberg Auditorium in Palo Alto.