Pimientito -> RE: Flamenco from Cordoba (Feb. 18 2013 8:51:47)
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Are you really saying that access to the coast had no bearing on the development of industry prior to the 1960s? No, Im not saying that. I mean of course Malaga, Cadiz and Almeria have always been busy ports. I was pointing out that sleepy fishing villages like Marbella and torremolinos etc. that were surrounded by nothing more than fields of sugar cane turned into large cities since the 60s and especially the 70s and that created a huge amount of work on the coast. Before the 60s many of the coastal towns relied on fishing and agriculture and didnt even have proper roads. Eastern Andalucia is much drier and (was) more sparcely populated so it makes sense that the west would have more activity. Some of these points actually reinforce my first question. What factor has meant that Cordoba hasnt been involved in the flamenco story? Cordoba was a very rich city historically, it was the capital of Roman spain, it was the capital of islamic Al-Andalus, it had at one time the largest population of people of any city in the world. As Norman pointed out it was a centre of learning, universities, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, libraries, literature, music. Its also on the Guadalquivir river and traded minerals from local mines and its easy to get from Seville to Cordoba by boat. The river was used to operate mills and grind flour. So industry, transport and population isnt a factor. The other cities have grown more recently. So why was flamenco flourishing in Cadiz, Jerez, Seville and Granada with not much happening in Cordoba?? It still makes me think that its the lack of a Gypsy barrio at the time.
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