There is a poem by Federico García Lorca called La Tarara which begins:

La Tarara, si;
la Tarara, no;
la Tarara, niña,
que la he visto yo.

I believe that La Tarara may have been a folk figure on whom Lorca
based the poem. Who was the original La Tarara?

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Request for Question Clarification by crabcakes-ga on 29 Jul 2006 20:50 PDT

Hello,


  I've not found the exact figure, but I am led to believe that La
Tarara may be a transvestite that dances with dresses of ruffles and
small bells (Flamenco dress?) as stated in the poem.

"The director of the BNE cofessed it was dificult to encarnate the
child Tarara, a crossdresser....   This has been a delicate role, that
requires time...."

If you read Spanish you can read all the details on the site.
"?El director del BNE confesó la "dificultad" que ha supuesto para él
encarnar a la niña Tarara, un travestido que le ha servido "más que
para bailar para interpretar porque, a mi edad con lo que disfruto es
con la interpretación", confesó. "Este ha sido un papel delicado, que
requería tiempo y..."
http://mundogarcialorca.blogspot.com/


"Equally anthological is the interpretation of the character of La
Tarara, a cross-dresser played by the director of the ballet himself."
http://www.deflamenco.com/actuaciones/bne/indexi.jsp


Equally anthological is the interpretation of the character of La
Tarara, a cross-dresser played by the director of the ballet himself.
http://www.deflamenco.com/actuaciones/bne/indexi.jsp


?Other folklore claims, prior to Sicily, the Tarara family originated
in Turkey, near the base of Mount Ararat the cradle of civilization
and Noah?s Ark. Some languages in that part of the world are read and
written the opposite of English, that is from right to left. Hence,
Ararat would be read as Tarara. Many people chose a family name based
on the village of their family origin. Is the Tarara story only
folklore???
http://www.genealogy.com/users/t/a/r/Gregg-Tarara-MN/


"As with most flamenco forms, this tarantos ends with a macho, a short
section in a faster rhythm. In this case, we have chosen the song La
Tarara as our macho. One of the traditional songs collected by Lorca
for the Canciones Populares Antiguas, we have based our version on the
version sung by the great flamenco singer Camarón de la Ísla."
http://www.mojacarflamenco.com/CantanLosFuegos.html

When I looked up the word, I found tarara means a bit nutty, looney, etc.

Tarara   -   adj. y com. col. Loco, majareta: su profesor de física está tarara.
http://diccionarios.elmundo.es/diccionarios/cgi/lee_diccionario.html

majara, majareta adj fam loony, nutty
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=majareta

So far, that's all I was able to find. Perhaps another researcher can help.

Regards, Crabcakes

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Clarification of Question by jphollyjp-ga on 30 Jul 2006 00:34 PDT

Hello:
Many thanks for your efforts. I guess I'm looking for something a
little more specific than this. But if it's OK, if nothing more comes
up over the next couple of days, then I'll assume it's unanswerable
through Google and pay you. Is that how it works? Or have I already
paid?
jphollyjp-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by crabcakes-ga on 30 Jul 2006 05:45 PDT

Hi again jphollyjp,

   I commented here, rather than the Answer Box, because I did nt find
the precise answer. You will not be charged until an official answer
is found!

   Regards, Ceabcakes

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Clarification of Question by jphollyjp-ga on 30 Jul 2006 05:48 PDT

Thank you for that clarification, Crabcakes.