As we watched the Flamenco in Sevilla, and I listened to the rising and falling undulations of the singer, it occurred to me that the cadence resembled the moslem daily call to prayer. I thought, what if the Flamenco had its origin in a Christian protest against their Islamic overlords? After all, the Moors held Sevilla, Corduba, and Granada for 700 years!
After much research, I discovered that no one really knows how the Flamenco came to be. Some historians credit its invention to the Romani (Roma) people, but no one knows for certain. So why not! I thought, lets go with my theory!
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