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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Caterina Morbiato

Inside the carefree Mexico City dance parties where alcohol is banned

The Chapultepec Scenic Garden hosts one of the judgment-free events - (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

It's 4pm on a recent Sunday afternoon, and a pavilion of towering windows in a Mexico City urban park is nearly packed. The public is diverse, but everyone here wants the same thing: to dance freely, at no cost, without harassment or prejudice.

Twenty-somethings, children with their mothers, teenagers and elderly couples gather around the disc jockey’s console. A murmur fills the air as roughly 300 people await the start. The first notes then pierce the air, and a shiver runs through the crowd.

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