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Flamenco dancer Edith Niño will be among the performers for the 2012 Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. Photo credit: Andrea Vasquez, San Jacinto College marketing department. Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:23 pm | Updated: 5:07 pm, Thu May 17, ...and more » 
The GuardianFiery flamenco funk gives sneak peek to Summer Festival season
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Their fiery nouveau flamenco funk is being counted on to give the Duncan Cowichan Summer Festival an early kickstart this weekend. Los Morenos is the featured attraction at a Summer Festival fundraiser dance. "They cross numerous stylistic barriers and ...
Cajon (Drums)

The cajon may look like an empty box but there's more to it than that! The original South American (possibly Peruvian) cajones were empty, but the mainland Spanish version has strings or metal objects added inside, to make it resonate.
Despite its "foreign" origins, the cajon is now regarded as an essential element of flamenco.
If you're looking for a cajon to accompany flamenco, make sure it's the Spanish version. Today's South American cajones are often still just a hollow box.
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CAJON FLAMENCO 100 ABEDUL DOBLE CARA $63.53 |
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Cajon Flamenco La Rosa Nuevos $108.02 |
The cajon is, basically, a box that is used like a drum. It's played by sitting on top of the box and playing the front face between the legs. If you're a dancer and you get an opportunity to learn the cajon, it's worthwhile - there's nothing quite like it for getting a handle on the rhythms.
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