flamenco

genre of Spanish music and dance
Intangible music_genre Q9764
flamenco
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Summary

flamenco is a music genre[1]. flamenco ranks in the top 3% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,300 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of dance[3]
  • Subclass of: music of Spain[4], Latin music[5], folk dance[6]
  • Commons category: Flamenco[7]
  • Country of origin: Spain[8]
  • Has part(s): cante flamenco[9], baile flamenco[10], toque flamenco[11]
  • Inception: 1774[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Flamenco[13]
  • Commons gallery: Flamenco[14]
  • Described at URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00363[15], https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00363[16], https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00363[17]
  • Described by source: Výlet do Španěl[18]
  • History of topic: Japanese flamenco[19], flamenco and bullfighting[20]
  • Studied by: flamencology[21]
  • Practiced by: bailadora flamenca[22], cantaor[23], tocaor[24]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[25], Atlas of the Intangible Heritage of Andalusia[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[27], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[29]

Why It Matters

flamenco has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] flamenco is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0002697-flamenco
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0002697-flamenco, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 12354, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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