I don’t know what Cádiz has, the flamencos sing and this Monday it has been verified when the King has joined a popular “cajoneada”, organized at the gates of the Falla Theater, on the occasion of the celebration in the city of the International Congress of Spanish Language (CILE). Without thinking twice, the King has sat down in one of the fifty flamenco drawers that participated in the party and has set a few bars, while the Queen, seated in another drawer and wearing a black dress with fringes, followed the rhythm with the feet.
The King and Queen had gone to the theater to attend the concert “Tempo de luz” with the Instituto Cervantes as a gift to the participants of the Congress, but when they got out of the car they found the “cajoneada” and after approaching to greet the participants, they decided Enter the venue and participate in the party. The liveliest was the King, who showed that he knew the percussion instrument or, at least, had prepared himself for the moment, sharing the sounds of the Ali oh rumba, while the Queen sat on another of the drawers. Immediately, Guille, one of the participants has proclaimed him the “first cajonero king”, playing with the rest
The Instituto Cervantes and the Cádiz City Council have organized a cajoneada, to commemorate the origin of the flamenco cajón with this activity to which the audience has joined.
As reported by the CILE organization, it was Paco de Lucía who, in 1977, discovered this instrument, the cajón, on a tour of America in Peru, the sound caught his attention and he began to play the guitar with it. The “cajoneada” has also been a way of showing solidarity with the Andean country and especially with Arequipa, the town where this congress was to be held until political instability forced it to be moved to Cádiz, the city that was running to celebrate the next edition of the congress in 2025.
The Queen has also decided to adapt her wardrobe to the celebration and has recovered from her wardrobe a black dress with a mesh neckline and fringes of the typical Manila shawls
