The dynamic music of Nayarit, including the Danza de los Machetes or El Jarabe Nayarita.

This is the more popular dance of this region.

The men wear black boots and calzones de manta (that is, the beige colored trousers), with a brightly colored shirt (in some groups, a camisa de manta, or shirt of the same fabric, is worn). The men use scarves or headbands around their temples. They wear a sash of brightly colored fabric, and they would use this sash for holding in place their machetes.
The men carry 2 machetes, and they incorporate their use even when they dance.

The men use machetes for their work in the ZAFRA (i.e., the harvest of the sugar cane). During the dance, they wield their blades, as they would be in competition with other men who may be rivals for the affection of the pretty senoritas.

During the Jarabe Nayarita, the men not only clang the blades together to the tempo and beat of the musical melodies of fast movements, but they then toss the machete to the man facing him, and they EXCHANGE the blades in mid-air, and even later on have them cover their eyes and keep clanging the machetes together to the music, sometimes with sparks flying from the grind of metal against metal.

Also discussed is the dance called El Buey, which describes the agricultural livelihood in the towns and villages of Nayarit.