Sundays in Merida

Sunday is family time in Merida.  Vendors line the walkways in the Zocalo and a stage is set up on one of the streets.  We have watched clowns do their routines for children and have listened to singers entertaining the crowd with Mexican folk songs.  But today was the best, by far.

We were treated to a group of Yucatecan dancers perform traditional Yucatan dances such as the pole dance and the beer dance.  I'm sure these are not the correct names, but that is the best I can do!

Mexicans love music and they love to dance....so after the dancing performance we walked to Santa Lucia Park to watch the locals dance up a storm.  A live band performs every Sunday at 2:00 and the locals love it.  Today they were even dancing in the aisles of the restaurant!

What a great way to spend a Sunday!  I didn't mention that these activities are free and they happen every Sunday!