La Rambla is a several block long pedestrian walk that has become a traditional paseo or walk for locals and tourists.
The tree lined avenue is just another example of Barcelona’s “bend towards showing off.”
Taking what was a sewer and drainage ditch and transforming it in to what it is today.
La Rambla seems to be divided in to sections or zones. If you will, merchants, headline birds of all shapes and sizes occupy one stretch of the paseo.
A bit lower on the avenue are flowers. Each group of vendors have occupied the same stretch of La Rambla since it was opened.
Toward the end not far from the Monumento de Colón, are artists in residence.
Between mimes, actors, clowns, and a very unusual musician whose navigate there must have been a descendant of Columbus’s sculptor.
At least that’s one explanation of how an Australian didgeridoo playing aborigini ended up in Spain.
The didgeridoo is believed to be the world’s oldest win instrument. Dating back to thousands of years, it originates as a musical instrument of the North Australian Aboriginal. The sound is extraordinary requiring a well developed discipline and skill in breath control.
At first blush, music from thee Australian outback may seem out place here but Spain’s nearly 1500 miles of ghost land along the Atlantic and Mediterranean,has had a significant influence on their music.
With the exception of flamingo and Spanish guitar found in the Andalucia region, Seviyan Cordova en Granada, the music one may find in the rest of Spain often reflects a variety of cultures.
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