FESTIVAL FLAMENCO ALURQUERQUE: WHY THE "R" IS NOT EXTRA

Festival Flamenco
Written By NIFNM

Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico Poet Laureate, was kind enough to let us share his words about the spelling of Alburquerque with the "r":

"Alburquerque with the 'r' was the original spelling. Acclaimed Chicano writer Rudolfo Anaya used the spelling in the title of his 2006 novel 'Alburquerque.' The Chicano writers of the 60s and 70s used the colloquial pronunciation 'Alburque' in their poetry and literature. The contemporary popularization evolved among the cholo/as of the 80s to 'Burque.' We should continue to use the 'r' in Alburquerque, and not just in posters and poems."

 
Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico Poet Laureate

Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico Poet Laureate

 
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