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| 'Moorish revival' in southern Spain |
| 2010-07-22 |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #2 some flickr photos to illustrate my points and show the general area |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-07-22 15:10 |
| #1 Spent 2 weeks there this spring. The souk is there but it is being hyped quite a bit. Biggest problems in Granada appear to be: 1) Rowdy gangs run the streets after mid-night and cover everything with graffiti. 2) Constant Socialist/Farmer marches that are pretty rowdy. 3) Constant "official" traditional Catholic marches for any random church holiday. This with local folks dressed in KKK style pointed hats competing with each other. Each group has different colored robes and hats. These competitions are avidly reported in real time by all the local TV stations and watched and commented in depth by the locals. Both the folks from the souk and Americans like myself seem to be genuinely puzzled by the competitions. Sort of like somebody from space trying to make sense of cricket. The souk is right outside the main Cathedral and it was planted there in the first place because a prior Moorish era souk was there. Everywhere there is a Moorish or Islamic historical site the Spanish are sure to plant a Catholic one right near it but higher.... As an example.. I have a photo of myself taken by the statue where the first sultan landed on Spain. If you could rotate the photo toward the sea you see the statue is at the foot of a tall rocky point. The top of the point has a huge lighted cross on it. If you go to the cross it smells of urine because muslim youth go up at night and piss on it. Ten to one the Spanish have a cam watching for that and note each youth that does so. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-07-22 12:14 |