Pachuco Style

Américo Paredes' novel George Washington Gómez features a scene in which Guálinto finds himself lost in the Jonesville barrio.  While there, he becomes involved in a knife fight with Chucho Vázquez, a real pachuco.  He also attends a baile, where he falls in love, fleetingly, with the fifteen-year-old quinceañera, Mercedes.  "These were his people, the real people he belonged with," he thinks.

Below, a link to Pachuco José, who shows off his fancy footwork.