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Flamenco surfaced in Andalucia
in the middle of the 19th century.
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The mixture of people, religions and
cultures created a newtype of music.
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Greek rattles, Mozarab jarchas...
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Gregorian chants, Castillian romances
and Jewish laments...
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the sound of blackness and of the
gypsy settlers from distant lndia...
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all blended to create the musical
structure we now call Flamenco.
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And it is expressed through song,
dance and the guitar.