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LLAIMA · 12-10-2007, 08:43 PM

Hi all,

I would like to confirm some of the comments kharmine and Ai’sha posted and add my conclusions on this subject.

In Flamenco, zambra is a "palo" or genre that has its origins in Granada which is located in the region of Andalusia it was popularized in the 1940’s, however, it dates way back, probably from when Granada was governed by the moors, in fact the word zambra is derived from a Moorish term: zambr wich means noise, also zamara: musicians zamir: musician, zambra refers to gypsy parties as well.
Zambra is divided into 3 different sections and danced to a specific rhythm and melody, each section represents 3 different parts of the gypsies wedding traditions in one of them the dancer mimics the grooms expressing his sorrow for taking away the bride from her parents. Today zambra is very commercialized in the caves area of Granada because is a turists atraction for its oriental aspect.
Because I study both Flamenco and oriental dance in depth I also fusion but before I did I consulted my Flamenco teacher who aproved it but I still call my fusion "Gypsy fantasy fusion" because Zambra in my opinion is a folkloric form of art and don't feel would be respecful of me to interpret the dance from my own perception and label it zambra, I think I would be able to label it as "Zambra fantasy"; Flamenco is a very wide form of art that takes years of practice, that is why out of the hundreds of "palos" I only perform "Rumba Flamenca" which originated when the spaniards from Andalusia settleled in Cuba at the time of the colony, when the cultural interchange was taking place, and it is a fusion of Rumba (nothing to do with ballroom interpretation of Rhumba) played with a flamenco air. The fussion might have happenned in Spain when the andalusian traveled back from Cuba and brought this happy rythm with them. In both cases theese are fussions that naturally happened ceturies ago.

p.s my first language is not English either, so forgive my ortographic errors.
Also I would like to post a video from you tube, but don't know how...will post as soon as I figure it out

Thanks

12-10-2007, 08:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
LLAIMA Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 70	Hi all, I would like to confirm some of the comments kharmine and Ai’sha posted and add my conclusions on this subject. In Flamenco, zambra is a "palo" or genre that has its origins in Granada which is located in the region of Andalusia it was popularized in the 1940’s, however, it dates way back, probably from when Granada was governed by the moors, in fact the word zambra is derived from a Moorish term: zambr wich means noise, also zamara: musicians zamir: musician, zambra refers to gypsy parties as well. Zambra is divided into 3 different sections and danced to a specific rhythm and melody, each section represents 3 different parts of the gypsies wedding traditions in one of them the dancer mimics the grooms expressing his sorrow for taking away the bride from her parents. Today zambra is very commercialized in the caves area of Granada because is a turists atraction for its oriental aspect. Because I study both Flamenco and oriental dance in depth I also fusion but before I did I consulted my Flamenco teacher who aproved it but I still call my fusion "Gypsy fantasy fusion" because Zambra in my opinion is a folkloric form of art and don't feel would be respecful of me to interpret the dance from my own perception and label it zambra, I think I would be able to label it as "Zambra fantasy"; Flamenco is a very wide form of art that takes years of practice, that is why out of the hundreds of "palos" I only perform "Rumba Flamenca" which originated when the spaniards from Andalusia settleled in Cuba at the time of the colony, when the cultural interchange was taking place, and it is a fusion of Rumba (nothing to do with ballroom interpretation of Rhumba) played with a flamenco air. The fussion might have happenned in Spain when the andalusian traveled back from Cuba and brought this happy rythm with them. In both cases theese are fussions that naturally happened ceturies ago. p.s my first language is not English either, so forgive my ortographic errors. Also I would like to post a video from you tube, but don't know how...will post as soon as I figure it out Thanks Last edited by LLAIMA; 01-15-2008 at 02:12 PM.