Playing ‘La Bamba’ for an hour? Must be a Mexican fandango!

Jarana players join a mass jam session at a Veracruz fandango while the dancers pound out rhythms with their heels on the wooden tarima. 

A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.

(Image credit: John Burnett for NPR)

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