Last year I was in Mexico for a couple of weeks and went to a show of dance and music about the history of the country. There are some similarities.
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Oh, maybe there's some connection. I'll write it down into my agenda of things to look for.
Conquistador perhaps?
That I was thinking. I'm not sure about the participation of catalans then, the most of the conquest were made by castilians, at that time, but it's more than possible; even being separate kingdoms, there were people going here and there all the time on the peninsule