{"id":7673,"date":"2021-08-05T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/vinculo-obra-literar\/poe_04-35\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:50:44","slug":"poe_04-35","status":"publish","type":"vinculo_obra_literar","link":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/vinculo-obra-literar\/poe_04-35\/","title":{"rendered":"POE_04-35"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Romance de la Guardia Civil (Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard)<\/em> is inspired by a real scene that Lorca witnessed. In Granada, conflicts between gypsies and Guardia Civil were frequent. In November 1919, Lorca, accompanied by Manuel \u00c1ngeles Ortiz<\/a>, witnessed one of these clashes in the city center and was very shocked.<\/p>\n

The poems featuring gypsies and the Guardia Civil of Poema del cante jondo (Poem of the Deep Song)<\/a><\/em> and of Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads)<\/em> would later cause him some problems with the Benem\u00e9rita (Spanish Police) even being denounced years later by a stranger and having to answer and explain his poems before a judge.<\/p>\n

Likewise, during a visit to the villages of the Alpujarra<\/a> in 1927, he had the opportunity to see the violence exercised by the Guardia Civil. In a letter to his brother Francisco<\/a> he writes: “The country is governed by the Guardia Civil. A corporal from Carataunas who was being bothered by some gypsies, called them to the barracks and with pliers taken from the fire he pulled out a tooth from each of them in order to make them leave, saying: ‘If you are here tomorrow, you\u2019ll lose another one’. Naturally, the poor gypsies had to emigrate elsewhere. This Easter, in C\u00e1\u00f1ar, a 14-year-old gypsy stole five hens from the mayor. The Guardia Civil tied him to a pole with a rope around his arms and paraded him through the streets of the village, beating him severely and forcing him to sing loudly. I was told this by a boy who saw the procession pass by from school. His account had a poignant, bitter realism about it. All this of an unsuspected cruelty… and of a strong Fernandine flavor”.<\/p>\n

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Federico (in profile looking left) on the roof of the \u00d3rgiva bus \/ Photo: FGL Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-7673","vinculo_obra_literar","type-vinculo_obra_literar","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vinculo_obra_literar\/7673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vinculo_obra_literar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vinculo_obra_literar"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}