son

…sonecitos del país developed into sones and jarabes, the most famous of which was the jarabe nacional (which became Mexico’s official national dance in 1921). This is the dance known to many North Americans as the “Mexican hat dance,” but its name is properly translated as the “national dance of…

…is based on the Cuban son, itself a less vigorous form of the uninhibited Cuban rumba danced in taverns and similar places. The word rumba occasionally refers generically to other Cuban dances with similar rhythms.