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FADO
One of our favorite experience in Coimbra, other than our tapas and beer
feast, was the Fado ao Centro concert we attended our last evening. Fado is
called Portugal’s soul, the haunting folk music, began in the Alfama district of
Lisbon. Coimbra students brought the tradition to the university and made
their own distinctive style performed only by men -- to serenade potential
lady friends on the streets of the city. The tradition is alive and well and
requires a strict dress code with singers wearing a traditional university
cassock and black cape. Fado ao Centro is run by passionate fadistas and
offers daily performances at 6 pm which combine a brief history of the genre
with live performances in an intimate setting.
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