13 September 2024: Day 7, on the Strait of Gibraltar, Tarifa, WINGS Spain in Autumn
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In Spanish the phrase “flamenco” is each a male adjective which means “Flemish” and the identify of the chook “flamingo.”
A number of hundred years in the past the time period Flamenco was once extensively utilized to spot the Romani folks (Gitanos) of Spain, mistakenly figuring out them as German/Flemish.
Within the past due seventeenth century the Gitanos in Andalusia advanced a song and dance artwork shape in response to the folkloric song traditions of southern Spain. When this artwork shape turned into well-known it was once referred to as Flamenco.
So now we’re in Andalusia, house of the true Flamenco. Video is from the 2016 Flamenco Competition at New York Town Heart.
We received’t see a flamenco efficiency on our birding go back and forth however now we have noticed higher flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus). Loads of them! They reside 12 months spherical in southern Spain.
Understand the strikes those flamingos make right through their courtship dance. (Click on right here to peer on YouTube.)
The flamingo strikes are defined within the video under. I’m particularly keen on the Wing Factor. (Click on right here to peer on YouTube.)
The truth that the similar phrase is used for each the chook and the dance makes me marvel: The place did the human dance strikes come from? Did we undertake them through gazing flamingos?