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What is Flamenco?
1. Flamenco is an art originating in the south of Spain which is displayed
in three forms: cante, dancing and guitar. The origins are found in the popular
songs and dances which existed historically in Andalusia, with influences of races
and cultures such as those of the gypsies, Arabs, Jews... Flamenco is the great
universal art as far as feelings are concerned.
Ivette Vázquez, Mexico
2. Flamenco is a genre coming mainly from a way of life, under specific
historical vicissitudes and in a specific region of Spain; that of Andalusia.
This coexistence of different popular classes, mixture of rituals and the acquisition
of traditions determined a different musical form, not exclusively belonging to
the gypsy race, which the romantic movement in Spain unintentionally saw to magnifying.
Starting in the first half of the 19th century, flamenco is distinguished as an
autonomous art in its three most remarkable facets: cante, dancing and guitar.
Rafael Chaves, Spain
3. Flamenco is mainly musical artistic expression, around which cultural
expression emerges, around what is Andalusian, with a certain foppishness and
roguishness at the same time. The musical variety is enormous, since different
forms emerge from a few families. Flamenco is moreover a permeable kind of music,
which has readapted itself to the evolution of music and the influences of other
genres.
Jorge, Spain
4. Flamenco is the art expressing the soul of the Andalusian people
and is catching for people all over the world who have an eye for beauty.
Dilermando Lucio de Oliveira, Brazil
5. Flamenco is an emotional connection between heaven and hell.
Liana Vargas, Australia
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