This thought ran across my mind the other day as I was walking the dog. I currently live in a neighborhood with a high percentage of Mexicans and they love to have family parties with the music blaring and the bounce tent set up in the front yard for the kids.
This weekend was no exception.
As Sprocket and I approached the party’s location, I could hear the familiar oom pa pa oom pa pa rhythm of the Mexican music.
And it struck me, if it weren’t for the song being sung in Spanish, this music could easily be heard at a German pub!
Isn’t it amazing how two cultures so different in flavor and so geographically separated evolved music that is almost the same?
I wonder what the history on that is. Is is something like cardamom, which is used in both Indian and Swedish cooking because they used to trade with each other?
I don’t know. If you do, please post a comment. I’d love to read about it!
