Flamenco

There are also those who attribute the creation of this music to gypsies, people coming from India – until relatively recently it was believed that they were Egyptian – and scattered, due to their wandering lifestyle, all over Europe.

There are also those who attribute the creation of this music to gypsies, people coming from India – until relatively recently it was believed that they were Egyptian – and scattered, due to their wandering lifestyle, all over Europe.

They entered Spain at the beginning of the 15th century, looking for warmer climates.

Without entering into value judgements about which theory has more force -there are others who assure us that flamenco is born from the people themselves, it clearly has folkloric root, but when expressed by individual experts it has become an indisputable art.

Today it has been declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.