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- 1 2 Pitt-Rivers, Julian (1971). The People of the Sierra . University of Chicago Press. pp. 170. ISBN 0226670104.
El Vito andalusia.
- ↑ Meri, La (1948). Spanish Dancing. Interlink Book. p. 84. ISBN 1566568897.
- ↑ Kedzie Wood, Ruth (1913). The Tourist's Spain and Portugal. Dodd, Mead and Co. pp. 61. OCLC 370539.
El Vito jacket and brimmed hat.
- 1 2 "Diccionario de la lengua española". Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ↑ Folkways Media. "Liner notes for "Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vol.1"" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ↑ "Esther Ofarim - Esther and Abi Ofarim - Esther & Abi Ofarim - Ofraim אסתר עופרים".