Every time I go to a new place, I like to walk around a bit in the evening, go to the centre and just see what’s going on. This time I had already seen the stage being set up, but hadn’t really given it a second thought. So it was all the cooler to walk into this… let’s call it show.

It started with two people playing guitar and singing and continued with various dance groups. As I had already seen a lot of different dances in Mérida, I naively expected that it ‘probably’ wouldn’t be that big of a difference. Well, far fetched. I had often been told beforehand that Mexico actually has many different cultures within one country. And therefore, of course, many different traditional dances. I learnt this lesson in Palenque. While I was impressed by the tap dancing in Mérida, in Palenque I wondered how they learnt to swing their skirts like that. I mean seriously…. I don’t think it’s as easy as it looks. Especially not with the precision. And it must be really hard on the arms and everything. 😀 And the music is also completely different – at least to me. So I was once again impressed and really enjoyed the spectacle. 😀