|
Culture Of Póvoa De Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal is an ethno-cultural entity stemming from its working classes and with influences arriving from the maritime route from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean. The most charismatic of its communities, formerly overwhelmingly dominant, is the fisher community. It has significant similarities with those of the Denmark, Danish fjords and it is one of Portugal's oldest ports. Póvoa de Varzim has distinct cultural traits and a strong local identity. The expression ''Ala-Arriba!'' means "Go upwards" and it represents the co-operation between the inhabitants while docking a boat in the beach, and it is also seen as the motto of Póvoa de Varzim. The docudrama film ''Ala-Arriba!'', by José Leitão de Barros, popularized this unique Portuguese fishing community within the country during the 1940s and Povoan maritime culture was used by Salazar regime as a stereotype for all Portuguese. Several fishing communities in Portugal, Brazil and Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ala-arriba Povoa De Varzim
Ala-arriba () is an expression that means "(upwards) strength" used by the population of the Portugal, Portuguese city of Póvoa de Varzim. It represents the co-operation between the inhabitants and is also the motto of Póvoa de Varzim. This expression was used when the population dragged a boat to the beach, before the harbour was built. After the harbour of Póvoa de Varzim this practise died out. Despite that the expression continued being used to name companies, and by some politicians. March There is also an Ala-arriba march. Lyrics by Albano Ribeiro, and music by Eduardo Correia. ''note: each verse repeats twice.'' {, border=0 , - , valign=top , Portuguese lyrics :Póvoa Terra querida :Como tu não há igual :És ainda a mais bonita :Que existe em Portugal :Ala-arriba pela Póvoa :Terra nossa bem amada :Ala-arriba pela Póvoa :Terra nossa abençoada :Póvoa Terra bendita :Nossa terra e nosso lar :Enquanto tivermos vida :Havemos de te honrar :Ala-arriba pela Póvoa : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquiline Nose
An aquiline nose is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The word ''aquiline'' comes from the Latin word ' ("eagle-like"), an allusion to the curved beak of an eagle. While some have ascribed the aquiline nose to specific ethnic, racial, or geographic groups, and in some cases associated it with other supposed non-physical characteristics (i.e. intelligence, status, personality, etc.—''see below''), no scientific studies or evidence support any such linkage. As with many phenotypical expressions (e.g. ' widow's peak', eye color, earwax type) it is found in many geographically diverse populations. In racist discourse In racist discourse, especially that of post- Enlightenment Western writers, a Roman nose has been characterized as a marker of beauty and nobility. A well-known example of the aquiline nose as a marker contrasting the bearer with their contemporaries is the protagonist of Aphra Behn's '' Oroonoko'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado Novo (Portugal)
The ''Estado Novo'' (, ) was the Corporate statism, corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the ''Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the unstable First Portuguese Republic, First Republic. Together, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' and the ''Estado Novo'' are recognised by historians as the Second Portuguese Republic (). The ''Estado Novo'', greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, who was Prime Minister of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 until illness forced him out of office in 1968. Opposed to communism, socialism, syndicalism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was conservative, corporatist, and nationalist in nature, defending Religion in Portugal, Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its policy envisaged the perpetuation of Portugal as a pluricontinenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Do Conde
Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km2. The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurara and Árvore, Portugal, Árvore, represent 36,137 inhabitants. Vila do Conde is interlinked to the north with Póvoa de Varzim, forming a single urban agglomeration which is a part of the Porto Metropolitan Area. The town is on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago. History Vila do Conde is one of the oldest settlements in northern Portugal. Geological artifacts dating to the Paleolithic have been discovered in sites in the parishes of Modivas, Malta, and Labruge dating from 100,000 to 15,000 years. In other parishes there have also been discoveries of implements and mounds dating back to the Bronze Age and Neolithic periods indicating a period of transition between forging and sedimentary civilizations. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esposende
Esposende () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, in an area of 95.41 km2. The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is Fernando Couto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is August 19. It is located on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago. Demographics Economy Fishing, agriculture and tourism are important for the economy of the municipality. Prozis, a multinational sports nutrition company, is headquartered in Esposende. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into nine civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Antas * Apúlia e Fão * Belinho e Mar * Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra * Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto * Forjães * Gemeses * Palmeira de Faro e Curvos * Vila Chã Photos File:Esposende.JPG, Cávado River in Esposende File:Museu de Esposende.JPG, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aver-o-Mar
230px, The rocky Cape_Santo_André.html" ;"title="Quião Beach, near Cape Santo André">Quião Beach, near Cape Santo André, is a notable beach habitat. A Ver-o-Mar, Aver-o-Mar or Averomar is an urban area in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is a former civil parish currently located in União das Freguesias de Aver-o-Mar, Amorim e Terroso, of which it is its seat. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 8,675 inhabitants and a total area of 5.21 km2. A 2012 law merged the parish with neighbouring Amorim and Terroso, becoming the northern parish of the city of Póvoa de Varzim. History 230px, Sargassum seaweed is sun-dried on the beach for use as fertilizer A Ver-o-Mar was once a fishing-farmer village in the north of the city of Póvoa de Varzim and became an independent parish from Amorim in 1922. It has been part of the urban area of the city of Póvoa de Varzim since the 1995 city limits expansion and gained town status on July 1, 2003. In January 2006 the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguçadoura
Aguçadoura is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and former civil parish located in Póvoa de Varzim. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 4,530 inhabitants and a total area of 3.47 km2. A 2013 law amalgamated it into the new União das Freguesias de Aguçadoura e Navais. The name of Aguçadoura derives from "''petra aguzadoira''" (sharp stone or stone to sharp farming tools). History Aguçadoura is the newest parish of Póvoa de Varzim; it was created on October 14 of 1933, when it separated from the parish of Navais, to which it always belonged. The first reference to the place appears in 1258: ''in Petra Aguzadoira que est in termino de Nabaes''. The inhabitants had a difficult time settling in the area, and it was only constituted by sand dunes that were constantly blown by the wind. Only in the 18th century, the settlement gained some importance and, in 1730, there were already 25 families, and in middle of the 19th century its population was greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancha Poveira
The Poveiro is a type of fishing vessel that was used for coastal and deep sea fishing from the Douro river in Northern Portugal to Galicia. It was use by the fishermen of Póvoa de Varzim and related communities in Northern Portugal. It is characterized by a wide flat-bottom, curved stem and a deep helm. There were diverse boats with different sizes, uses and shapes, including ''catraia pequena'', ''catraia grande'', ''caíco'' and the most notable of which, the ''Lancha Poveira''. The Lancha Poveira or Lancha Poveira do Alto was a large ship adapted to deep waters and used for hake-fishing. The largest of which had twelve oars, usually four to seven oars, and could carry 2 to 32 men. Each boat carried carvings, namely a sigla poveira mark for individual boat identification and magical-religious protection at sea. The Lancha Poveira was considered by Lixa Filgueiras and Raul Brandão to be descendant from the Viking longboats, keeping all the longboat features but without a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis I Of Portugal
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
