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The term gitano evolved from the word egiptano [10] ("Egyptian"), which was the Old Spanish demonym for someone from Egipto (Egypt). "Egiptano" was the regular adjective in Old Spanish for someone from Egypt, however, in Middle and Modern Spanish the irregular adjective egipcio supplanted egiptano to mean Egyptian, probably to differentiate Egyptians from Gypsies.
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
Manitas de Plata was the uncle of Diego, Paco, and Tonino Baliardo, and cousin to Pablo, François (Canut), Patchaï, Nicolas, and André Reyes (the sons of his cousin, flamenco artist José Reyes, with whom he performed as a duo in the 1970s), all current or former members of the Catalan rumba band Gipsy Kings.
The quintessentially Spanish flamenco is to a very large extent the music (and dance, or indeed the culture) of the Romani people of Andalusia. [ 10 ] Romani people sometimes also perform Hip hop .
Aug. 23—"La Emi" returns to Heritage Hotels & Resorts with a new flamenco show on three stages in northern and southern New Mexico. Emmy Grimm, who goes by "La Emi," is a renowned flamenco ...
Aniya la Gitana (Aniya the Gypsy) was the stage name used by Ana Amaya Molina also known as Anilla la de Ronda (1855-1933). She was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, singer and dancer. She was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, singer and dancer.
sometimes thought to be the Calo (Romany or Gypsy) word for non-Gypsy, but in fact prison slang for an easy mark, a sucker. The Calo word for non-Gypsy is gachó pellizco literally, "nip, pinch"; that quality (usually in a dancer) that turns you on peña flamenco club peteneras
Lolita Flores (1958) – Spanish singer and actress; Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players; Manitas de Plata (born 1921) – Spanish guitarist; Manolis Angelopoulos – Greek singer; Marianne Rosenberg (born 1955) – German singer-songwriter; daughter of German Gypsy who ...