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brock_lee t1_iwja6u9 wrote

Well, Japan has three times as many people, but that fact aside, it is surprising that they are into flamenco at all.

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Viperion_NZ t1_iwjelzs wrote

Following that train of thought, India and China would have the most number of everything, since they have the most people (Fun fact - the US is the third most populous country on the planet; if they had one billion more people, they'd still be third). Population size isn't necessarily an indicator of how many <x> things there are.

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artaig t1_iwjrrjr wrote

It adds that a significant amount of the Spanish population vehemently hates flamenco; it's the music proper of only a small area, and if you stretch it, of one city.

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AkirIkasu t1_iwkayjn wrote

Japan has two things going for it. Number one is that they put a lot of value in music. They put a lot of effort to teach children about music and they have some of the most talented musicians in the world. The second thing is that Japanese culture encourages people to deep dive into niches, so niche things have the tendency to become mainstream and popular from time to time.

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SyntaxLost t1_iwkijut wrote

Well, they also have a massive musical instrument industry (hello Yamaha). Those instruments have to go somewhere.

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No_Vegetable_2570 t1_iwjvmq7 wrote

I think it has more to do with Japanese desire to be individual and original. They really like to adhere to different styles and cultures, flamenco is quite outstanding of a style so they probably liked that a lot to the point when they are more interés in it than the spaniards

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ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_iwk1r55 wrote

Japanese are not who I think of when I think “individual.” There’s a whole thing about “the nail that sticks out gets hammered back down”

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No_Vegetable_2570 t1_iwk5su3 wrote

I mean, I never was there but you probably seen that typical vids of Japanese ppl going around Tokio dressed like they are a character in a RPG game

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ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_iwk6q6g wrote

Yes, but you see, a very short time after that, someone totally hammered them back down.

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No_Vegetable_2570 t1_iwk6y8f wrote

Really??? How so? Is that some sort of society pressure thing or some people pressuring them to stop?

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ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_iwk7ijw wrote

I’m thinkin large wooden mallets.

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tsaimaitreya t1_iwl4snx wrote

For what I know nobody gives a fuck how you dress in your free time.

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