A flavorful, vanilla-scented hideout awaits along Mexico’s Gulf Coast

You may have seen it: a group of high-flying performers, dressed in a colorful array of traditional garments, climbing a 100-foot-tall pole in a group of four, before diving into the air, upside down, to spin as a human cyclone — held only by a rope tied to their feet — while a fifth member sits atop the pole, performing a ceremonial dance and song with a flute and small drum. The UNESCO-recogni…