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Basque beauties win the day
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Radio Tarifa
Festival Hall
SARA and Maika Gomez are twin sisters. They are petite and
beautiful and as the duo Ttukunak worked their wooden stave beaters
with fluttering hands up and across a huge Basque xylophone,
otherwise known as a txalaparta. With the instrument between them as
a table, they struck out mesmeric rhythms on the pitched percussion
as if inviting us to share in their secret language.
It was captivating and provided a perfect entree for Radio Tarifa,
wh...
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Basque beauties win the day.
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; Byline: MARK ESPINER Radio Tarifa Festival Hall SARA and Maika Gomez are twin sisters. They are petite and beautiful and as the duo Ttukunak worked their wooden stave beaters with fluttering hands up and across a huge Basque xylophone, otherwise known as a txalaparta. With the instrument between
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Group bridges ancient, modern.
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