Flamenco a Hit in Spain Week at Thailand’s Expo Royal Flora

Since Spain Week began on 26th January at Expo Royal Flora, the flamenco troupe that gives interactive classes at the Spanish garden in the morning has been scoring huge successes with its afternoon performances in the amphitheatre of Thailand’s Expo Royal Flora event. Another popular event is the food tasting, where an expert ham slicer and a wine pourer display their skills, and visitors can sample Spanish sherry, among other treats.

The government of Spain’s southern region of Andalusia has played an important part in staging the events of Spain Week. Over a five-day period a flamenco troupe gives interactive classes in the morning and performances in the afternoon. The troupe is made up by dancers Yolanda Lorenzo and Rafael de Carmen, singers Nano de Jerez and Juan José Amador, clapper and percussionist José Jimenez Santiago “Bobote”, and guitarist Eduardo Rebollar. Both the classes and performances are well-attended by enthusiastic crowds.

For Spain Week the Andalusian government also brought to the Thai Expo an expert ham slicer and a wine pourer to introduce visitors to the delights of the unique Spanish cured ham, which must be sliced paper thin, and the rich sherry wines from near the Spanish town of Jerez de la Frontera.