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The jarabe tapatío, also known as the Mexican Hat Dance in the United States, is the national dance of Mexico. In the Spanish language, jarabe means syrup, and the term tapatío indicates something from Guadalajara, Jalisco. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... The Mexican Hat Dance is a popular name for the dance known as El Jarabe Tapatio in Mexico, usually accompanied by a mariachi. ... The Mexican Hat Dance is a popular name for the dance known as El Jarabe Tapatio in Mexico, usually accompanied by a mariachi. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... The jarabe is one of the most traditional song forms of the mariachi genre. ... In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic شراب sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ... Guadalajara is a large city in the Western-Pacific region of Mexico, located at 20. ...

The jarabe tapatío in its standardized form was first created by Mexican choreographer Felipa Lopez, in the early twentieth century to celebrate a government-sponsored fiesta that commemorated the successful end of the Mexican Revolution. The dance tells the story of love and courtship. A charro gallops on his horse to see his girlfriend, la china (wearing the traditional China Poblana outfit). They flirt in several of the figures. Then the charro throws his hat to the floor and dances around it and the girlfriend. She picks up the hat in acceptance and places it on her head. They both then dance the finale together in a triumphant manner. They both shout viva mexico at some point near the end of the dance. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Mural by Diego Rivera at Palacio de Gobierno (Mexico City) The Mexican Revolution, sometimes called the Mexican Revolution of 1910, was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies, that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and continued... For the entertainer whose full name is Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza, see: Charo A Charro is a traditional cowboy of central and northern Mexico. ... La China Poblana was more than a typical dress. ...

The dance was further popularized by Anna Pavlova who created a staged version in pointe shoes, and was showered with hats by her adoring Mexican audiences. In 1924, Minister of Education José Vasconcelos proclaimed the jarabe tapatio to be Mexico’s national dance and decreed that it would be taught throughout the Mexican public school system as a symbol of Mexican identity, designed to supersede any local dance traditions and bind together the ethnically diverse population. Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlova (portrait by Jean Thomassen) Anna Pavlova is also the name of an Olympic gymnast. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... José Vasconcelos (Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 1882 – Mexico City, 1959) was a Mexican writer, thinker and politician. ...