Do travelers see any culture when they visit?

Mayan Warrior at XCaret

Yes, our family saw lots of culture! On the first night at our hotel, they had fire dancers who spun torches around their neck by the pool!  Later in the week, there was a traditional Mayan performance with warriors dancing and more fire and costumes.  In addition to whatever is offered at your resort, many of the tourist places show traditional Mayan culture.  At Xcaret, for example, you can see a little Mayan village, a Mayan Warrior, and traditional Mayan dances.  Many of the tourist places, hotels and resorts offer different cultural performances, such as:

Fire Dancer

    Fire Dance – Dancers in traditional native Mayan costumes with feathers, dance with fire. Or more modern day dancers also perform the fire dance, twirling fire around their bodies, and dancing around the fire.
 

   Jarabe Tapatio-The Mexican Hat Dance is the national dance of Mexico. The folk dance is performed by a man and a woman at a fiesta. Today, Mexicans still perform Jarabe Tapatio at their fiestas and other big events. At our resort, we had a Mexican theme night and everyone dressed in traditional Mexican costumes and ate Mexican food.  It was a fun Fiesta.

   
  Danza de los Voladores de Papantla-This is a dance that you can see at XCaret.  It involves a 30 meter pole which four men climb to the top and then launch themselves with ropes to fly around the pole until they slowly come to the ground. A fifth person stays on top of the pole, dancing and playing a flute as well as a drum. The ritual was created to ask the gods to end a severe drought.  See this YouTube video below: