Fado
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Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information
Fado, painting by José Malhoa (1910)
Portuguese guitar
Maria Severa, fado singer (1820–1846)
Coimbra students playing fado in a serenade at the front door of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Sé Velha)
Cante Alentejano
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Cante Alentejano is a Portuguese music genre based on vocal music without instrumentation from the Alentejo region. It was inscribed in 2014 in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural
Fado
…Mariza and Carlos do Carmo acted as ambassadors for Fado's candidacy. Fado is one of two Portuguese music traditions part of the lists, the other being Cante Alentejano. Modern fado is popular in Portugal, and has been performed by many renowned musicians…
A traditional group of Cante Alentejano
Balafon Jamie
Karabakh carpet malibayli 1813