As the councilor explained, "this appearance today to talk about flamenco is special, because it responds to a constant and continuous request since the new government team joined: all flamenco fans and also professionals asked us to otherwise we would recover the Cante de Cádiz and Los Puertos, that we would help to recover the cantes and also that mythical festival that was held at the beginning of the 70s and then was also attempted in the 90s and at the beginning of the new century”.

In this sense, Lara has stated that "we have got down to work" and first of all we wanted to clarify the concept of "CANTE DE CADIZ Y LOS PUERTOS", to know what we mean, if we refer to the lyrics of the songs or the music or both, what are the differences between these songs and other songs, if these differences are merely geographical and why, who have been the creators of these songs and who have spread them and what singers have them in their repertoire and who are the bearers of these songs that are so much ours, we also wonder if the performance of these songs entails a way of understanding the world and flamenco; All these doubts and many more have arisen when approaching the subject of CANTE DE LOS PUERTOS”.

“Obviously we want to put a grain of sand to dispel these doubts that are ours and that of many flamenco fans, so that he could help us we have knocked on the door of Don Luis Suarez, who in addition to being the organizer of those mythical and nuclear festivals of the years 70 (with the sponsorship of the city council) he is an outstanding researcher and flamencologist, with many articles published in scientific journals and participation in many international conferences that have addressed issues related to flamenco and ballads, he is also a member of the Menendez Pidal Institute”, The Councilor for Culture has continued to explain.

In this way, Luis Suárez has prepared and put together these Conferences “that will help us understand and get a little closer to flamenco and cante de los puertos”. Luis Suarez has also ceded the use of the poster that he himself drew up “he is a wonderful cartoonist”, for the cante de los puertos festival in 1974, “and we have tried to respect its aesthetics, the typography and even the way of express the announcement, so we have kept the original text: FESTIVAL DEL CANTE DE CÁDIZ Y LOS PÙERTOS. SPONSORED BY THE CITY COUNCIL”.

Lara has finally advanced that "this year 2016 we will do these conferences that we present today, that next year, with a new budget, we will try to publish the conferences of the conference and organize a FESTIVAL, which in principle will be small but we want it to be growing little by little with the public and the fans”.

For his part, Luis Suárez has explained the contents to be discussed in these four sessions that will last on Wednesdays and Thursdays of the last two weeks of this month of October, informing about the speakers "who are people separated from the universities", and has pointed out that these conferences are held in memory of Ignacio Espeleta and dedicated to the Cante de El Puerto.

For his part, Luis Suárez has explained the contents to be discussed in these four sessions that will last on Wednesdays and Thursdays of the last two weeks of this month of October, informing about the speakers "who are people separated from the universities", and has pointed out that these conferences are held in memory of Ignacio Espeleta and dedicated to the Cante de El Puerto. more information here. If you have any dúda please contact us.