Tucked away on a hill in the heart of France’s capital lies a neighborhood that feels like a village within a city. With cobbled streets, crimson cafés, and painters on every corner, Montmartre is Paris’s bohemian soul—crowned by a shining white basilica that watches over the city like a guardian angel.

There’s something about seeing a man hanging upside down from a pole that immediately grabs your attention — especially when that man is spinning around 20 meters above the ground with nothing but a rope tied to his ankle. Welcome to Palo Volteado, one of Mexico’s most breathtaking and little-known traditional dances.