How are you doing? Well, the week is almost over, and those of you who have been following my publications know that today I had a presentation for an event that the company I work for held.
I had to prepare a short Powerpoint presentation talking about my service and the potential of the equipment and response to the cases that refer to us. I can say that it went much better than I expected! This is because I hate public speaking, let alone being the center of attention... But I don't know how, I managed to speak there without choking many times, and according to what I was told, the nervousness didn't even pass thought the attendance.
After summarizing my day in this last paragraph (yes, unfortunately I didn't do much more than that, as they were presentations from various departments in my company, and out of courtesy I didn't leave after my presentation), I'll move on to the topic that today I want to talk to you.
I went to my photographic archive, and found this small photo report of a day that I went to the cultural facilities very close to my house, to attend an event of music and popular singing.
The word Folklore has the epistemology "Folk" = people and "lore" = knowledge. Well, nothing better than being on a summer afternoon, on a weekend with not too high temperatures, to take a little dance step and mingle with whoever else is there watching.
The group that I portray here is the "Grupo de Dan莽as e Cantares do Paul"
Much of the representation that we see of ranchers, end up being tales, stories, and even anecdotes, that in the evenings of the last century, and mainly in houses where there was no radio (which at that time was a luxury), evenings were spent on the sidelines the fireplace, or the brazier, telling stories, and passing on knowledge to future generations.
The colorful costumes, the percussion instruments still made using ancient methods, the adufe that is very typical of the Beir茫 region... Everything on this day was fantastic!
Notice how the dancers seem to levitate! It is impressive the lightness with which they performed the quick movements of their feet, with rounds and rounds, and with clothes that did not exactly resemble tracksuits.
Even the ladies' shoes had a heel, but they danced as if their feet had wings!
I hope you enjoyed this little piece of Portuguese popular culture, and that this publication has left you wanting to go dancing this weekend!
See you tomorrow!
