Ok this one is to talk about a movie I'm seeing at this moment.
It's called "Fados" and it's about the most pure Portuguese expression, our soul, it's the calling card of our cultural identity.
U must have heard of Mariza, Camané, Carlos do Carmo. They are all fadistas, they are some of our ambassadors in music. I've know Fado since I was a little girl but only recently I started to listen, but really listen to it and it is beautiful. Everytime I hear someone singing I just stop and listen to that amazing poem, that poem about ordinary situations, ordinary people, about life itself.
I know have all Mariza cd's and this beautiful movie that taught me so much about this peace of my culture, a piece I didn't know that well. And the surprising part is that the director is not Portuguese, so this is his view of my country, my Fado.
Fado can be translated to destiny or fate but is so much more than that.
If you see the movie let me know what you think about the songs, the artists, the history of Fado.
I've to get back to work, please let me know
bye
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hi i am a person from western Canada with no personal Portuguese history. two years ago i listen to a Mariza song and fell in love with the feeling it gave to me. now i have expanded my feeling for Fado to the point of not listening to anything else, i have the biggest desire to learn to falla the language and perhaps to write something worthwhile in Portuguese. i can see myself studying in lisbon or coimbra within the next year or so As for the movie you wrote about it is one of my very favorite, it is so much better to see the singers, do you not feel. i would be so honored to exchange perceptions on Fado the reflection of a beautiful peoples soul.
your fellow Fado lover
j
joebucks55@gmail.com
Thank you Joe
There were and are many Portuguese artist in this style of music.
You can look for Amália Rodrigues, Mariza, Camané, Carlos do Carmo, Alfredo Marceneiro, Ana Moura, among others. Just search for "fadistas".
It's a characteristic style of my country and I'm very proud of it.
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