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Pope Leo said the music has a ‘creative spirit’: Flamenco’s heart-wrenching wail captured in images

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Pope Leo XIV described flamenco music as possessing a creative spirit during the Seville Flamenco Biennial in Spain.

The biennial brings together established artists and younger generations to perform flamenco in various locations across Seville, including churches, courtyards, and riverbanks. The music, which has medieval roots and is closely linked to the Roma population in southern Spain, features dramatic singing, dancing, and guitar accompaniment.

During a performance near the Guadalquivir River, singer Fabiola Pérez, known as La Fabi, used the quejío, an intense and guttural vocal expression, to convey personal grief. Pérez stated that she uses the music to process the loss of her father and to find God through the experience.

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