Portugal is today one of the prominent countries of the European Union and have consolidated their position as one of the premier world powers. Portugal has had since the ancient times interacted with various cultural influences and have thus inherited a very rich cultural heritage. Portuguese music is very famous mostly because of its traditional folk music trends like the regional folk songs and most importantly the ‘fado’. However, modern musical forms like reggae, pop and hip hop are also equally popular in the country.
The fado, meaning ‘fate’ in Portuguese is the indigenous musical form practiced by the urban poor populace of Lisbon where it had originated. There are conflicting notions regarding the origin of fado. While some attribute it to the Arabian influences, some others believe that they were the songs of sorrow sung by bereaving women whose husband’s sailed into the seas in the 15th century. This is also evident in the lyrics of the fado songs which are quite ruthless while depicting the deep grief and poverty of the singer while retaining utmost dignity and prestige. The fado songs are sung in the accompaniment of a Portuguese guitar. The fado has been made famous worldwide by performers like Jose Afonso and Amalia Rodrigues.
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Sep-30-2008 06:05
Domesticated
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Re: Portuguese music
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Originally posted by portugalweb
Portugal is today one of the prominent countries of the European Union and have consolidated their position as one of the premier world powers.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's 2008, not 1450.
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so this is what our government is doing with our money, paying for spam bots
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Sep-30-2008 10:58
elektrikal
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i dunno bout portuguese music, but gimme some portuguese sausage, that stuff is the best. My hawaiian friends during college got me hooked on the stuff.
Best thing about McDonalds is the locations in Hawai'i serve for breakfast scrambled egg, rice, spam, and portuguese sausage with soy sauce.
Oct-02-2008 00:28
nefardec
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love the fado
made a thread on this a while back. i am a big fan of madredeus, probably the tiesto of the fado world, but whatever
Oct-02-2008 01:16
noikeee
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Originally posted by elektrikal
i dunno bout portuguese music, but gimme some portuguese sausage, that stuff is the best. My hawaiian friends during college got me hooked on the stuff.
Best thing about McDonalds is the locations in Hawai'i serve for breakfast scrambled egg, rice, spam, and portuguese sausage with soy sauce.
I've never heard of portuguese sausage
Maybe you mean chorizo.
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Oct-02-2008 17:34
nchs09
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Originally posted by noikeee
I've never heard of portuguese sausage
Maybe you mean chorizo.
Thats Spanish not Portuguese
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Oct-02-2008 17:44
noikeee
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We make them too.
And use them as swords.
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