Zambombas
Andalusian gatherings around a bonfire with flamenco-style Christmas carols, zambomba, pandereta and kitchen mortar.
- When
- Weekends in December, before Christmas
- Where
- Andalusia, especially strong in the province of Cádiz
The zambomba is much more than an instrument: it is the festivity where neighbours and families gather in courtyards, squares and social clubs to sing popular carols with a flamenco feel, around a bonfire.
The zambomba, the pandereta, handclaps and even the kitchen mortar are played, and there is no shortage of Christmas sweets or a glass of anís. It is one of the most cheerful and spontaneous ways of welcoming Christmas in the south.
Network villages in its area
- Almonaster la Real · Huelva
- Baños de la Encina · Jaén
- Bubión · Granada
- Capileira · Granada
- Castellar de la Frontera · Cádiz
- Frigiliana · Málaga
- Genalguacil · Málaga
- Grazalema · Cádiz
- Lucainena de las Torres · Almería
- Mojácar · Almería
- Níjar · Almería
- Pampaneira · Granada
- Parauta · Málaga
- Segura de la Sierra · Jaén
- Setenil de las Bodegas · Cádiz
- Trevélez · Granada
- Vejer de la Frontera · Cádiz
- Zahara de la Sierra · Cádiz
- Zuheros · Córdoba