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Island Attractions In Jalisco

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Jalisco , officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and is bordered by six states which are Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán and Colima. Jalisco is divided into 125 municipalities, and its capital city is Guadalajara. Jalisco is one of the most important states in Mexico because of its natural resources as well as its history. Many of the characteristic traits of Mexican culture, particularly outside Mexico City, are originally from Jalisco, such as mariachi, ranchera music, birria, t...
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  • 1. Los Arcos Puerto Vallarta
    The Danza de los Voladores , or Palo Volador , is an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony/ritual still performed today, albeit in modified form, in isolated pockets in Mexico. It is believed to have originated with the Nahua, Huastec and Otomi peoples in central Mexico, and then spread throughout most of Mesoamerica. The ritual consists of dance and the climbing of a 30-meter pole from which four of the five participants then launch themselves tied with ropes to descend to the ground. The fifth remains on top of the pole, dancing and playing a flute and drum. According to one myth, the ritual was created to ask the gods to end a severe drought. Although the ritual did not originate with the Totonac people, today it is strongly associated with them, especially those in and around Papantla in the M...
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  • 4. Isla de los Alacranes Chapala
    Isla de los Alacranes is an island in Lake Chapala, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is so called because it is shaped as a scorpion. Many Mexican people use the word alacrán for the smaller, most venomous species of scorpion, which are very common in Mexico, while the word escorpión is used to describe the larger, darker and less venomous species.
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  • 5. Marietas Islands Nayarit
    The Marieta Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, located in federal waters approximately 7.9 kilometres southwest of the peninsula known as Punta de Mita, in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas.The islands are a popular tourist destination because of the abundant marine life populations due to the islands being protected from fishing and hunting by the Mexican government. The ocean water depth around the islands is between 70 and 110 feet.
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