〜やら〜やら

泣くやら笑うやら、大変でした。

Naku yara warau yara, taihen deshita.

What with the crying and the laughing, it was quite something.

やら〜やら is this and that, with a sense of things in disarray

掃除やら洗濯やらで、一日終わりました。

Sōji yara sentaku yara de, ichinichi owarimashita.

Between cleaning and laundry, the day was gone.

It usually carries the speakers sense of being overwhelmed

たり〜たり より雑然とした印象です。

Tari tari yori zatsuzen to shita inshō desu.

It reads messier than たり〜たり.

たり lists neutrally; やら carries feeling