Mexican dancers step out in pointy boots

A man wearing pointy-toed customised cowboy boots stands next to women in more modest footwear at a nightclub in Matehuala, where the craze began. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Members of the Parranderos, a Mexican dance crew, are poised to prance. The boots are always highly decorative. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

The Aliados crew performs at the Mesquit Rodeo nightclub during a dance-off. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Women cheer on the shoes and the moves. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Francisco de Jesus Garcia, 18, poses with pride in his pink pointy boots. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Young men create their own pointy boots that they will compete in at night. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

Measuring out materials to construct the all important pointy element, which can be up to 90cm in length. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

The Parranderos wait for their turn to throw some shapes in their matching footwear. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP

A man wears extra long pointy boots as he dances at a nightclub...and the rest of the crowd backs off. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP