(noticia) Swinging Spanish Flamenco has an Indian connection

Annie Samson

New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) Foot-tapping dancing and music evocative of abundant grief and exuberant joy omnipresent in Spain today traces its origin to Rajasthan's sandy deserts and parts of northwest India, particularly Punjab.

Sixty-nine-year-old Pedro Soler, strums the wooden, six-stringed guitar resting on his knee as he effortlessly churns out Flamenco music believed to have been brought to Andalucia, the southernmost part of Spain by nomadic Indian gypsies.

"Among friends in parties and social gatherings in Spain today Flamenco dancing and music is very popular," explains the French artist who was recently in Delhi as part of a ten-city tour countrywide tour organised by Alliance Francaise, and the French Embassy.

(leer +) [vía ptinews]