Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Traditions Around the World - Spain

We have decided to look at traditions from around the world to see if this could feature in our video at all. We are specifically interested in party traditions as we feel that this would appeal more to our target customer of students.

Flamenco Dancing

Probably the most famous Spanish tradition - but so often misunderstood.
 Firstly, flamenco is not a dance. It sometimes has dancing in it. What flamenco actually is is a musical style, with far more emphasis on the guitar, vocals and rhythm than the dancing. In fact, the whole idea of flamenco dancing is a little paradoxical. True flamenco is spontaneous; true flamenco dancing requires the pretty dress: but if you're being spontaneous, you won't have the pretty dress on!
http://gospain.about.com/od/spanishlife/tp/spanish_customs_traditions_spain.htm


Here is an example of traditional Spanish Flamenco dancing.

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