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Bulería is a fast, exuberant palo (style) of flamenco that crystallized in the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. It is celebrated for its festive, improvisatory character and its elastic phrasing over a 12-beat compás. Rhythmically, bulería uses a cyclical 12-count with characteristic accents on 12, 3, 6, 8, and 10. Performers often feel it as 12–1–2, 3–4–5, 6–7, 8–9, 10–11, allowing push-and-pull between singers, guitarists, palmas (handclaps), and dancers. Harmonically it centers on the flamenco Phrygian mode (commonly E or A Phrygian) and favors the Andalusian cadence (iv–III–II–I) in a highly modal, drone-like context. Bulería thrives on jaleo (encouraging shouts), brisk palmas patterns, and sharp remates and cierres (punctuation and cadences). In performance it often becomes the high-energy climax of a flamenco gathering, showcasing virtuosity, wit, and rhythmic daring.