Does The City Have A Sound?

<p>On the morning of the 22nd of December 2020, I went for a walk in the centre of Jerez de la Frontera.</p> <p>Suddenly, from the local bars, high-pitched ghostly voices wafted over the smell of coffee. I was used to strange disturbances in the streets &mdash; impromptu flamenco singing, bizarre religious festivals &mdash; so I wasn&rsquo;t surprised. But I was unnerved, and avoiding bars, so I didn&rsquo;t investigate. I later found out that it had been children singing out lottery numbers for the &lsquo;Sorteo de Navidad&rsquo;, the Christmas Spanish lottery.</p> <p>I was fascinated that those angelic, haunting voices had been&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/YzmTovfby1s" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">singing out the numbers</a>&nbsp;on the same day for 200 years. The voices famously belonged to the orphans of San Ildefonso in Madrid, trained up to perform for the honour.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/those-who-were-dancing/does-the-city-have-a-sound-c2f923094440"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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