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The flamenco guitar strings weave between the tones of the kamanjeh (a Moroccan violin), underpinned by the frenetic clatter of castanets and a beat of Arab type hand drums. Lyrics are sung in both Spanish and Arabic, and occasionally the two languages melt into one. The resulting Hispano-Arab music is extraordinary.

Flamenco is an amazing art form created by Roma in Spain using the musical elements they brought with them and those that were already there, and in response to centuries of oppression and hardship, and such cannot be separated from the history of Romani people in Spain.Apr 9, 2018

2. Flamenco dance is called baile, while a flamenco dancer is known as a bailaor (male) or bailaora (female). 3. The typical flamenco outfit is called the Traje de Flamenca. Dresses are said to have a guitar shaped body, to enhance a woman's figure.Feb 7, 2018

But the art form that has been synonymous with Gypsy culture since Spain's romantic period has roots in Africa and its diaspora — a fact that has been overlooked by artists, scholars and devotees of the art form for 200 years.Oct 29, 2018

Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, but also having a historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.