A Wayuu group of girls and a boy are dancing the Yonna for tourists who visit their house in Playa Camarones, in La Guajira, a desert area in the north of Colombia. The Yonna, traditional dance of the Wayuu indigenous people, is being performed for celebrations, for the Majayut (the transition from an indigenous girl to a woman), or on occasions related to spirituality. The women wear red traditional dress, while the men wear typical outfit called 'wayuuco'.
The steps that are made in this dance represent a kind of conquest that exalts the woman, as a symbol of mother nature. The woman dances forward showing her power, entrepreneurship and wisdom; the man dances backwards showing respect towards her.
The Yonna is danced to the rhythm of the kasha, a drum made of tree trunks from ceiba, and has goat leather or cowhide strips at its ends.