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75Portuguese celebrities | Past and Present
Portugal has been known for decades as the country of the Fado singer Amália Rodrigues and the football player Eusébio. Everywhere in the world they were the best Portugal ambassadors and they manage to become known by people all around the...
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74Amalia Rodrigues and Cristina Branco Sing Fado
If you've never heard fado your're in for a treat when you tune in to this video of Portugal's greatest fado singer, the late Amalia Rodrigues. I've also included a video of contemporary singer beautiful Cristina Branco. Fado is similar to Spanish flamenco or cante jondo, and it's content is in some ways akin to American blues and country music--lost lovers and other sad themes. Fado is a staple of Lisbon nightlife. Well worth a try after you've seen the Gulbenkian Museum in the afternoon.
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70Why Portugal Is A Good Place To Live In
We have the best soccer player in the world: Cristiano Ronaldo (playing for Manchester United) We have the best soccer coach in the world: Jose Mourinho (former Chelsea Coach.. just signed up it Inter Milan) The only place in the World where you...
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65Fado The Portuguese Music
Three centuries of transcultural music In the eighteenth century, it was created in Brazil a crossroads of three continents. The result came in the form of new cultural events, that part of...
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62Amália Rodrigues the Queen of Fado
Amália Rodrigues, the portuguese "Diva" wich is known as the Queen of Fado. Amália Rodrigues has sold millions of albums all over the world and is recognized as a great legend. Fado is a portuguese word...
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60Amalia Rodrigues: Rainha do Fado
I told you I died and Goodbye (.........................) I told you goodbye and die And the empty dock you Accepted new tides. Cries of whelks lost The man of my senses, The seagull who you are. Gull wings stained, What nights do not feel And...
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