Sugar and coffee production and silver, lead, copper and zinc mining are some of the more traditional industries of Mexico. Mining is still very important to the economy of the northern part of Mexico and Mexico is still the world's largest silver producer. Many farm workers barely make enough to feed their families because farms do not have the technology or the investment power to make these lands more productive. Mestizos are people of mixed ancestry, usually Spanish and Indian although there are also people of African and European decent. Marimba is another popular style and is played chiefly in the south-east and on the Gulf coast.
Dance is another beautiful artistic expression of the Mexican people.
Bullfights are seen by Mexicans as both sport and entertainment. The traveler can see a bullfight in almost any larger town and even in some smaller communities. It's a traditional experience and some might say it is more a ritualistic dance between the matador and the bull than a true fight.