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A jarocho (or jarocho bizcocho panocho in rhyming slang) is a person item or style of music from Veracruz Mexico.One explanation of the origin of the term jarocho is that it evolved from an old Spanish word meaning brusque or disordered.Or the long spear used by fishermen in the coastal Papaloapan River The word Jolocho is of Totonacan origen but there are many other theories.Musical groups of jarochos are bands of minstrel musicians who dress and play in the Veracruz style.
