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About 20 miles from us is a small town called Guaro (colloquially a guaro is a wild boar). Every September, on two consecutive weekends the town holds a fiesta with a difference. It is called Luna Mora, literally "Moon of the Moors", the Moors in question referring to the Arabs of North Africa that gave so much to Andalucian culture. The town streets are closed off and a "moorish" market is re-created with hundreds of stalls lining the streets, selling productos artesanales (handicrafts). All public electric lighting is turned off and most of the houses close their shutters leaving the streets to be illuminated by 20,000 candles, lit at dusk each day.
There are street performers and musicians and a main event every day, a concert by a famous, often internationally known star of traditional music. This year the opening performance was by the truly wonderful Diana Navarro but, with tickets very limited, I once again missed out. If anyone is interested in modern flamenco fusion music (OK I admit that there probably aren't many of you !), you really must listen to Diana Navarro, haunting, melodic and dramatic modern Malagueno flamenco fused with North African rhythm.
This fiesta has grown so much over the years that it is now attended by tens of thousands of people over the two weekends. It is an intense experience and I hope I captured some of its flavour.
There are street performers and musicians and a main event every day, a concert by a famous, often internationally known star of traditional music. This year the opening performance was by the truly wonderful Diana Navarro but, with tickets very limited, I once again missed out. If anyone is interested in modern flamenco fusion music (OK I admit that there probably aren't many of you !), you really must listen to Diana Navarro, haunting, melodic and dramatic modern Malagueno flamenco fused with North African rhythm.
This fiesta has grown so much over the years that it is now attended by tens of thousands of people over the two weekends. It is an intense experience and I hope I captured some of its flavour.
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