Last night we went back to Xcaret for their 2 hour evening show. 260 performers show the history, tradition and mysticism created with joy, color, nostalgia and folklore to reenact history.
The first part is Old Mexico, starting with Lol-beh (flower on the road) a Mayan girl singing about the roots of Mexico. Then the Great Lords (leaders) gather at the court and proceed with the Ball Game, called Pok ta pok. It was fascinating as the 4 kilogram rubber ball must be in constant motion and is hit only with shoulders, elbows, knees and hips. This sport goes back 1000 years BC and is becoming extinct.Tributes were offered according to what villages harvested, produced and possessed and were taken by the winners at the end. Then they played 'Uarhukua' with hockey-like sticks, and a burning wood ball representing the sun. This game is 3000 years old.
Next came the Spaniards, and the merger of 2 cultures. The second half showed Metizo Mexico, the descendants of the European and natives comprising Mexico today. There were many dances and musicians, all easily understood as the Pineapple Flower Dance, Snadunga, Feather Dance, The Old Men's Dance, typical Mexican Stamping Dance, Veracruz Carnival Dance, Mariachi, polka with cowboys and Ribbon Dance. This is just like the kids did around the
Maypole. There even had horses and rope tricks. The Grand Finale reflected the Mexican essence through it's people, places, flavours, scents, songs and traditions and even had a parrot fly through. The costumes and entire program were astounding.
Today we went to the Pedestren Mall in Playa del Carmen. It's a tourist shopping area, higher priced that the little native places where we've been shopping and who do we run into?
Elska from Kitimat. What a pleasant surprise. Then back to the beach where I snorkeling out to the reef and saw amazing fish in all colours and stripes. Dinner at the palapa tonight and the food here is delicouos.
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