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Saturday, August 12th.
XV Festival de Cante de Las Minas. La Union.
Tirititrans
The Ancient Market of La Union.
Site of the Flamenco Festival of Las Minas.
The constant monumental freshness of flamenco.
At the entrance of the "Cathedral of the cante", Zaafra, the artist
from Granada, painted the mural "Memoria de un instante efimero" (Memory of an
ephemeral moment), which he will burn down on the last night.
Manuel Torre "por seguiriyas", the "colossus" in flames.
The secondary acts of both days, Esperanza and Fernando, both quite superior
to the main ones, saw how the public were getting seated while with their cantes
"por seguiriya" they acted as bizarre ventriloquists of feeling.
In the program was included a description of a Dorantes with a "strict
flamenco background", which did not hold back the sound of the mumbling protests
of the local "aficionados".
For them, the dance of Antonio el Pipa and his cover words from the top: "Flamenco
dancing doesn't deserve this punishment".
Flamencolism: "saintry" added to "wingery".
When his aunt Juana rose, she stirred the rocking chair of time, but she used
the first wireless microphone of the festival.
"Hondo" / in the crack of times" (Paul Celan).
Luis Clemente
Translation: Pekka Odriozola
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