The roots of the Mexican music known as fandango
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The roots of the Mexican music known as fandango

C1AdvancedOctober 9, 20267 min
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We go to Mexico’s gulf coast to learn about fandango. It is a joyous musical tradition born in the Mexican state of Veracruz that’s been going on for more than 300 years and whose popularity has spread around the world. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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Today on State of the World, we do the Fandango.

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Today on State of the World, we do the Fandango. You're listening to State of the World from NPR, a human perspective on global events. I'm Greg Dixon. On today's episode, we go to Mexico's Gulf Coast to learn about Fandango. No, I don't mean the movie streaming service or the ZZ Top album. The real Fandango is a joyous

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musical tradition born in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It's been going on for more than 300 years, and its popularity has spread around the world. Reporter John Burnett takes us to Eastern Mexico. The historic city of Veracruz is so proud of its musical heritage that every hour on the hour, the clock tower in the central plaza plays La Bamba.

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