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Thread #91094   Message #1730372
Posted By: Folkiedave
30-Apr-06 - 02:32 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Fandango Cortijorran
Subject: Folklore: Fandango Cortijorran
I am lucky enough to spend part of my life in Almuñécar, a coastal twon in Granada province, Spain.

At the local flamenco bar last night there was a mixed group of six (four women and two men)who were dancing what I was told was "Fandango Cortijorran" or "Cortijorron" maybe.

The women wore what I was told are called "fincas" eseentially coloured strips of silk tied to their wrists which of course looked like handkerchiefs when theier arms moved up and down. They played castanets. The rest of the music was palyed by a guitar, tiny cymbals and a bamboo cane instrument which had had grooves cut into it and was used rubbed with another piece of bamboo, to produce a "washboard" sort of sound. The dance was done as a six, and as a four and as a two, with the others just standing their. The footwork was similar to morris.

Anyone else throw any more light on this?