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What is flamenco both tries? What is art that deserves Intangible Cultural Heritage Humanity?

From the Tower of Calahorra, in Cordoba

When my daughter was preparing to attend an examination at the time college student, just before leaving the house filled the room with the voice of Camarón of the island, possibly with Tomatito on guitar, touch. thus needed to escape the pressure of the impending test. We got home Camarón and since then has not come out. We have stayed with him not forget that warning in a stunning concert, held in Valladolid, he was made Gypsies who were with us when he yelled his lungs: " not sing again, Shrimp, which Gadje they keep it! " was hers, was part of their heritage, but also we felt as their own. "I am the wind / You're the fire ....". "Life is an illusion / nobody lives without it ..."

I also remember how, after a delicate ear surgery in Seville, the unforgettable Miguel Martín, Ávila home and was Professor of Statistics Complutense University in Madrid , became grateful to Dr. Felipe Rodríguez Adrados ENT (the admired Felipe, now deceased) who healed him in a ferocious defender of flamenco, so there was no talk - he even came to talk it in a thesis Mathematics - the test would not overwhelming knowledge, almost passionate, the subject. All meetings of friends dressed always ended by Enrique Morente, the Lebrijano, José Mercé ..... and, of course, shrimp . Shrimp not missing. However, "The Alhambra was crying," sung by the first, was one of their favorites.

My wife and I never forget the day that Charles and Mila, our lifelong friends, they took us Ayamonte (Huelva) to hear Mayte Martín, allowing us to discover one of the most exciting and versatile talent in this world of endless sensations at the same time unpredictable. And what of the meetings to listen to and Bernarda de Utrera Fernanda , with whom Paul Fair, another great friend, he befriended during his tenure as director of the Institute of the city of Seville? Multiple messages coming out of the voice tones and gestures of women who continue to shine with light itself in a universe of songs that never die.

And they are like the Seville sung with a special force Francisco Palacios, "The Pali, captivated both Valdeón Baruque July, historian and my partner died in a thousand battles , with whom I shared, at home and on the road, countless moments occasionally punctuated by some of the verses of one who prided himself on being " troubadour always Sevilla things." Oh, Seville, the city that " had a little girl and put Triana" and also " has a tower that boasts g UAPA be. "

And what of the bailor and dancers who so often breathtaking without them, self-absorbed in the magic of "tablao" realize what goes around? infinite magic Carmen Amaya and Antonio Gades set to flamenco dancing on top of the stratosphere, drew sharp points to the immense works of the classics that still stir again when the look and feel, as we see als feel vibrations and transmits them as one Cristina Hoyos, who learned so much from the teacher and also teach because he knew he wanted it that way. And, of course, flamenco is enlarged to the magic they bring the feet and arms Sara Baras, Antonio Canales of or Joaquín Cortés. There is nothing flamenco compass as anyone who embroider these flamenco dancers choreographed by anonymous, who continue to echo in the distance when you leave the party and scenes that evoke memory are true feats of good taste.

Well, friends, date approaches, in early November, the World Heritage Committee UNESCO resolved at its meeting in Nairobi's proposal to declare the flamenco Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity , figure classified under the category of property to be protected in accordance with the type and criteria set out in the UNESCO Conventions on the subject . I fully associate with this initiative for three reasons: because I am convinced that it is a cultural event that goes far beyond its specific field of creation and common practice (the land of Andalusia) to become in a borderless cultural value, because I believe in its authenticity, as in his contribution to art to develop the best of the personality of the people and, above all, because it contains "marine fabric" of emotions and sensitivities "Bridges are not bear."