In his travelogue entitled “Naïve and Abroad: Spain” (2008), Marcus Wilder wrote:

Bullfighting is what remains of Mithraism in Spain… In Mithraism, son god sacrifices father god (young man vs the bull)…

Mithra is the Indo-Iranian sun god that was adopted by the Romans when they encountered Iranians (Persians)…

Edward Stanton also discussed the relationship between bullfighting and Mithraism in his book “The Tragic Myth: Lorca and Cante Jondo” (1978)… Stanton noted that Oriental influences are seen in cante jondo as some experts view a common cultural heritage between cante jondo and bullfighting…

Some speculate the word “flamenco” is unique to Romani (gypsy) language meaning fire or passion… that is interesting given origins of Romani and India as well as the veneration of fire among Indo-Iranian (Aryans) branch of Indo-Europeans…

Enjoy video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g892nisJvCM

[pic aireflamenco: for educational purposes only]