Jarabe Tapatio, often called the Mexican hat dance, is a traditional folk dance from Jalisco, Mexico, performed to lively mariachi music. It became widely recognised during the early twentieth century as a symbol of Mexican national identity and is now performed at cultural festivals, school celebrations and weddings around the world. The melody's bright trumpets and quick rhythm made it a natural shorthand online, where editors reuse familiar folk tunes to instantly set a Mexican scene, mark a celebration, or add comic exaggeration to an entrance.