Playing 'La Bamba' for an hour? Must be a Mexican fandango!

A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4022x2681+0+0/resize/4022x2681!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F87%2F15ad2677400dad94ad2cadcd065e%2Ffandango-2.JPG' alt='Jarana players join a mass jam session at a Veracruz fandango while the dancers pound out rhythms with their heels on the wooden tarima. '/><p>A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.</p><p>(Image credit: John Burnett for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5973237' />