This year, is not an ordinary year, because of a storm at the beginning of the year, had to shelve all travel plans, body and mind, there must always be a road, take advantage of this gap time to recharge themselves, read books, hope that the spring blossom day, can take you to every corner of the world together.
❤️ Today, walk with me into the Andalusian region of southern Spain and learn about the exotic civilizations that have grown on this European continent
It is the birthplace of the national flamenco and the home of the beautiful and passionate gypsy girl Carmen.
Everyone has heard of the Gypsies, who originated in North India, because of famine and war, constantly migrating and wandering everywhere in Europe, the word Gypsy is derived from the English "Egypt", they prefer to call themselves Roma. In different parts of Europe, they were also called different names, the British called them Gypsies, the French called them Bohemians, the Russians called them Tsgangs, and the Spaniards called them flamencos.
Passionate gypsies
They are a people who are born to love wandering, the caravan sends their yearning for freedom, they have enthusiasm in their bones, unrestrained, like to gather together to sing and dance.
This group of wandering gypsies in southern Spain incorporated their songs and dances into the Arabian style of southern Spain, forming a unique art.
felah = blessing
Menkub = poverty
felah + menkub = flamenco
At the beginning of a flamenco song, the singer usually says: "Lereileré". This comes from the Halal word. The Halal word is one of the five pillars of Islam, which means: "All things are not the Lord, only Allah." Muslims continue to pray to Allah, and the sound of the Qur'an masks the music of flamenco. Although the Arabs had left Spain for five hundred years, their culture had been inherited by the Gypsies.
Street flamenco performances
Here, you can find street performers performing flamenco everywhere, of course, you can also choose to go to the tavern or theater to enjoy, and sip a glass of sherry, slowly feel this unique mixed-race style on the European continent.
Bistro performance
So why is there such a mixed-race atmosphere in southern Spain?
This is due to the 800-year rule of the Moors from North Africa.
In 711 AD, the Moors from North Africa defeated the Goths and gained most of the land in Spain, and the three southern cities represented by Cordoba, Granada, and Seville flourished.
Arabian flair everywhere
And with the passage of time, the reconquest of lost land launched by the original Catholic regime, after nearly 800 years, finally defeated the Moors, and when the last Arab king, Bobdir, lost and fled, he looked back at his homeland and left sad tears, and his mother said the words that have been passed down to this day: "You should cry like a woman, and cry that you have not been able to fight like a man!" ”
This period of history has left too many Arab traces on Spain, so that walking in the ruins left by these Moors today, you can still feel and touch that history, which also makes Andalusia look so dazzling and unique and irreplaceable in Europe
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The kittens in the corners all exude An arab scent