Its use has extended to other parts of the world, most of all as a part of Flamenco music, stemming from Paco de Lucía's and his band's contact with this instrument in Peru in the 1970's.

In late June, three members of FLO6x8, a group of activists with ties to the flamenco world, interrupted the regional parliament one by one singing songs in the flamenco style that spoke out against unemployment, corruption and the crisis.