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www.lbknews.com Friday, March 16, 2007 Page 7B Moving Spirit Fado, from Page 1B King James Big or Tall NAPLES 1082 5th Ave. South (239) 262-1599 SARASOTA 4333 S. Tamiami Trail (941) 922-1873 Today’s sportswear and clothing for the quality conscious Big or Tall man. Visit us and experience our professional, personalized service with on site tailoring. Resort wear to suits... Featuring: Featuring: Tori Richard, Cutter & Buck, Axis 3 WEEK DELIVERY! SHOP 941-795-4788 MON-SAT 10-6 SUN 12-5 SURFING WORLD PLAZA • 11904 CORTEZ RD.W., CORTEZ G r a n d G r a n d O p e n i n g O p e n i n g F58502 ARTISAN GALLERY NEXT TO TYLER’S ICE CREAM WE’VE MOVED AND EXPANDED INTO THE SURFING WORLD LOCATION! Come see our unique style or let us customize or rejuvenate your furniture. • Unique furniture & accessories • On-site jewelry artisan • Cloisonne doll furniture • Gifts and unique treasures for your home • Faux artists and more. word of the verse, like a moan emerg- ing from deep inside. Though the songs are often sad, the singers rarely overact — they plant themselves firmly and sing stoically in the face of fate. The easiest way to hear and learn about fado is to drop by the museum on the subject. The House of Fado and Portuguese Guitar tells the story of fado in English — push the buttons in each room for music. While women sing Lisbon’s fado, Coimbra’s fado fea- tures male voices. You’ll hear both in the House of Fado. Finish with a rest in a simulated fado bar, where you can watch old Alfama videos and hear the Billie Holidays of Portugal. Posted by the door are the lyrics that were cen- sored by the former dictator Salazar.The museum is located at the base of the Alfama, the most colorful neighborhood in town (and the best for informal fado bars). While fado has become one of Lisbon’s favorite late-night tourist traps, it’s easy to find a funky bar — without the high pric- es and big-bus tour groups — that still feels very local. Two districts in Lisbon’s old center, the Alfama and the Bairro Alto, have small, informal fado restau- rants. In the Bairro Alto, wander around Rua Diario de Noticias and neighboring streets. In the Alfama, head uphill from the House of Fado museum. Go either for a late dinner (after 9 p.m.) or an even later (after 11 p.m.) evening of drinks and music. Homemade “fado tonight” (fado esta noite) signs in Portuguese are good news, but even a restaurant filled with tourists can serve up good food and fine fado. Don’t leave Lisbon without enjoying an evening seasoned by the tears of widows whose black dresses come with that plung- ing neckline reminding all that life, even salty with sadness, is still worth living. A fado singer wails the blues, while her plunging neckline promises there’s life after death. Rabbi Marc Gellman, Monsignor Thomas Hartman Contributing Writers Q. I’m a reformed Jew married to a Lutheran. We’re very much in love and I want to spend eternity with my wife. I’d like to be cremated. Then, when my wife passes away, I want to have my ashes placed in her casket, or our ashes placed somewhere together, if she chooses cremation. I know in spirit that we’ll always be together, but I would rather pass on knowing that this symbolic act will take place. However, how do I rational- ize in my mind being cremated, which I’ve been told is opposed by Jews? A. Cremation is a human acceleration of the process of the dust-to-dust return of the human body to the earth. It’s forbidden by Jews and discouraged by Catholics. Your idea, however, also violates a Jewish law that only one body can be buried in a grave.Your thought that in spirit you and your wife will always be together is wonder- ful. We cannot disagree with that at all. Q. Growing up Catholic, I remember seeing parents carry their children as they received communion. Often, the priest would stop and bless the child. A friend of mine said non-Catholic adults can also go forward during communion to receive a blessing instead of the elements. Is this true? If so, how should people do this without creating confusion? A. The communion line is not intended as a blessing line. Priests do bless little ones and bringing children forward serves as a form of crowd control while their parents are taking communion. Non-Catholics are not supposed to be in line, as this does cause confusion. We’re not aware of any custom encouraging non-Catholic adults to come forward for a blessing. One can be a welcome guest in a religious service without being a participant. Cremation Not Condoned by Jews or Catholics
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NAPLES1082 5th Ave. South
(239) 262-1599
SARASOTA4333 S. Tamiami Trail
(941) 922-1873
Today’s sportswear and clothing for the quality conscious Big or Tall man.
Visit us and experience our professional, personalized service with on site tailoring.
Resort wear to suits...
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word of the verse, like a moan emerg-ing from deep inside. Though the songs are often sad, the singers rarely overact — they plant themselves firmly and sing stoically in the face of fate.
The easiest way to hear and learn about fado is to drop by the museum on the subject. The House of Fado and Portuguese Guitar tells the story of fado in English — push the buttons in each room for music. While women sing Lisbon’s fado, Coimbra’s fado fea-tures male voices. You’ll hear both in the House of Fado. Finish with a rest in a simulated fado bar, where you can watch old Alfama videos and hear the Billie Holidays of Portugal. Posted by the door are the lyrics that were cen-sored by the former dictator Salazar. The museum is located at the base of the Alfama, the most colorful neighborhood in town (and the best for informal fado bars).
While fado has become one of Lisbon’s favorite late-night tourist traps, it’s easy to find a funky bar — without the high pric-es and big-bus tour groups — that still feels very local. Two districts in Lisbon’s old center, the Alfama and the Bairro Alto, have small, informal fado restau-rants. In the Bairro Alto, wander around Rua Diario de Noticias and neighboring streets. In the Alfama, head uphill from the House of Fado museum.
Go either for a late dinner (after 9 p.m.) or an even later (after 11 p.m.) evening of drinks and music. Homemade “fado tonight” (fado esta noite) signs in Portuguese are good news, but even a restaurant filled with tourists can serve up good food and fine fado.
Don’t leave Lisbon without enjoying an evening seasoned by the tears of widows whose black dresses come with that plung-ing neckline reminding all that life, even salty with sadness, is still worth living.
A fado singer wails the blues, while her plunging neckline promises there’s life after death.
Rabbi Marc Gellman, Monsignor Thomas HartmanContributing Writers
Q. I’m a reformed Jew married to a Lutheran. We’re very much in love and I want to spend eternity with my wife. I’d like to be cremated. Then, when my wife passes away, I want to have my ashes placed in her casket, or our ashes placed somewhere together, if she chooses cremation.
I know in spirit that we’ll always be together, but I would rather pass on knowing that this symbolic act will take place. However, how do I rational-ize in my mind being cremated, which I’ve been told is opposed by Jews?
A. Cremation is a human acceleration of the process of the dust-to-dust return of the human body to the earth. It’s forbidden by Jews and discouraged by Catholics. Your idea, however, also violates a Jewish law that only one body can be buried in a grave. Your thought that in spirit you and your wife will always be together is wonder-ful. We cannot disagree with that at all.
Q. Growing up Catholic, I remember seeing parents carry their children as they received communion. Often, the priest would stop and bless the child. A friend of mine said non-Catholic adults can also go forward during communion to receive a blessing instead of the elements. Is this true? If so, how should people do this without creating confusion?
A. The communion line is not intended as a blessing line. Priests do bless little ones and bringing children forward serves as a form of crowd control while their parents are taking communion. Non-Catholics are not supposed to be in line, as this does cause confusion.
We’re not aware of any custom encouraging non-Catholic adults to come forward for a blessing. One can be a welcome guest in a religious service without being a participant.
Cremation Not Condoned by Jews or Catholics
