WOMAD, Caceres

Arabic ouds, Senegalese drums, and Mongolian fiddles bounce off 10th-century walls and reverberate onto 15th-century churches but have no fear, this is no military invasion. Spanish grannies rub shoulders and trade dance steps to the bouncing beat with dreadlocked Dutchmen, while pierced locals teach newfound Polish friends that it’s not a sin to mix wine and coke. This is WOMAD, a festival that’s been pulsing within the old city walls for nearly 20 years. Every second weekend in May, four days of free concerts by musicians from all over the globe are set in a fairy -tale setting, where the only rules are tolerance and, of course, pick up after yourself on your way home (though that last one often gets forgotten in the fun).

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Originally published in Trazzler