The Rabel in Cantabria, Spain – Singing Transgression, Staging Regional Culture

Abstract

This article offers an analysis of the revitalization of the rabel in the region of Cantabria (Spain) exploring different roles played by rabel players during the last decades. Their roles are related to providing public enternainment, staging Cantabrian regional culture, dignifying the rabel and its music practice, and expressing transgressive social contents