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Banda Municipal de Jerez (city band)

Outside of the cultural building, Jerezanos going for a stroll can hear soft music wafting into the streets. Inside, the music echoes throughout the peeling, white hallways on the second floor. In a small, cramped room, a chandelier hangs unnoticed …

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Matanza

[audio:http://lauraeshelman.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/MATANZAaudio2.mp3] Join me and find out what going to a pig slaughter is like (4:30). A family crowds around the table to eat garbanzo beans. As bread is passed, the family laughs, relaxes and tries to  catch some moments of …

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Welcome to the candy party

A group of five teenagers gathers around the counter at Pasteleria Canela and Tomasa Pitel Jimenez patiently waits in her white coat, framed by the colorful candies behind her. Often in the afternoon, the storefront is filled with people and …

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Meet you at Oasis

In the morning, Jerez locals gather around the bar in Oasis for coffee and toast. In the afternoon, workers come for bocadillos and cañas, and later families come in to have their dinner on the white tablecloths in the restaurant. …

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Fighting the green giant

Just around the corner from the large grocery store Mercadona, Frumarlu Satur stands identifiable by the green awning and the sign with cartoon fruit. Inside, a rainbow of vegetables and fruits line a side and back of the tiny storefront. …

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Kapi — a family affair

The warm glow of Kapi invites visitors to take a break from the cold for a caña or a café. Order a drink and a tapa will come as well as a conversation — either with those who have taken …

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Faces of Jerez

Antonio Silva tends to his horses on the outskirts of Jerez de los Caballeros. Silva owns seven horses and is expecting the birth of another one in May. Every day after siesta, Silva comes to the field to feed and …

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Parkour in the parque

Today I took a walk in the park armed with my camera. I have often been in situations where I wish I had had it, including a recent dinner party with a traditional ceremony called Queimada. The ceremony comes from …

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