Portuguese dances and traditional costumes School Artur Gonçalves

Work done by: Rafael Marques;

Rita Marques;

Index

Page 3…………………………………………………………………………………. “Vira do Minho” Page 4………………………………………………..……..………….... How do they dance: “Vira”? Page5………………………....……………..………… Traditional dances of Trás-os-Montes Page 6……….………………………………………….. Traditional dances of Trás-os-Montes Page 7……………………………………………………….…. The costumes ofTrás-os-Montes Page 8…………………………………………………….……………… “Os Pauliteiros de Miranda” Page 9……………………………………………………………………………………… how to dance? Page 10…………………………………………………………………………………….………. “Chulas” Page 11………………………………………………………………….…………………………… Malhão Page 12……………………………...………………………. Danças Tradicionais da Beira Alta Page 13………………………………………………………………………………………. Estremadura Page 14……………………………………………………..………………………… Principais Danças Page 15………………………………………………………….…………………………………. Ribatejo Page 16…………………………………………………….………………………… Trajes do Ribatejo Page 17……………………………………………………………………………………… Alto Alentejo Page 18……………………………...………………………………….……………….. Baixo Alentejo Page 19……………………………………………………………………….……… Trajes do Alentejo Page 20……………………………………………………………………………………………..… Algarve Page 21……………………………………………………………………………….… Trajes do Algarve Page 22………………………………………………….……………………… “Bailinho da Madeira” Page 23………………………………………………………………………………………..……… “Brinco Page 24………………………………………………..………….. Danças Tradicionais dos Açores Page 25…………………………………………………………………………...Bibliografia/webgrafia

“Vira do Minho”

“O Vira” is a musical-choreographic genre Portuguese folklore. Best known as characteristic of Minho, “o Vira” is also danced in many other provinces, including Estremadura

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Minho

Is the most important dance of Alto Minho. The facts of Minho help complete the picture. Be in wheel pairs, show of hands, are turning slowly in the opposite direction the hands of the clock. Men go forward and women retreating. The situation dragged on until the voice of a dancer is required, screaming “fora” ou “virou”. They turned around on the inside and placed face-to-face with the girl that came later. This move will be happening until all exchange pair, while the wheel rotates in the same sense.

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Trás-os-Montes

● Murinheira is one of the most typical dances trasmontanas (as “o

Passeado” and the “Carvalhesa”). Is accompanied by gaita de foles, pandeireta and ferrinhos.

● Galandum it’s a song accompanied of tamboril, bagpipes,flute, tambourines, castanets, shells («carracas»), triangle and whistle.

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● Carvalhesa is a dance composed of four figures, accompanied by bagpipes and triangle.

● Redondo is a dance, performed alternately and is used the bagpipes.

Bagpipes (transmontana) 6

Costumes of Trás-os- Montes

Farm brown coat. Black apron embroidered with bright colors. Handkerchief course. Great white collar. Shoes uploaded. In the neck, black velvet ribbon.

The men's costumes are: to the head - hat or cap. To the top of the stem are: jacket, also said half; vest, sweater and shirt; to bottom are: pants. For the feet is: shoes and boots, when pipes are high;

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“Os pauliteiros de Miranda”

On the plateau mirandês there are groups of eight men who wear skirts and have sticks. They are “pauliteiros de Miranda”. With white skirts, scarves, hats, “Pauliteiros” carry the tradition who seek to defend. And although many groups no longer exist as in the past, letters, steps and costumes are still faithful to the source.

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In this dance the stick left hand and right

hand defends attacks. As for the costume, the scarf is not more than an ornament, very gaudy, which varies with the man who uses it, and with regard to the skirt, even today, when it comes time to “dança da velha", habit typical of January 1 in Vila Chã, where men dress as women and go to the street.

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How to dance?

“Chulas”

Chula, a dance that runs along the banks of the Douro and Minho extends to. Draws for the courts of the churches, those who like to dance and when Christmas comes around, this opportunity to celebrate with some ‘chulas’

The dance begins when the couple arranged in a circle, turn inward. After going dancing 'passo de chula’, and the chief to order, here we are starting a "voltear. It runs in five minutes, during which the couple take turns on each other in larger steps. At the end of this movement comes the characteristic ‘pulo’ a ‘pé-coxinho’

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“Malhão”

The name "Malhão" probably had its origin in some agricultural instrument and thetime when it was danced in the villages, had a different choreography, women andmen had lined up, facing each other. Would be closer and moving away and hit successively pace with the feet. The end of all dance happened when closing the wheel and jumped.

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Beira Alta

Most of the dances of the Beira Alta are "dancing circle", either in pairs or hand in hand :a Carqueijinha, o Cravo Roxo, a Carolina, a Pastorinha, o Ó Redondo,o Ó Redondinha, a Lavadeira, a Laranja da China, o Bate as

Palmas, a Dobadoira, o Mulato da China, o Ai quem me Acode, are one of the huge dance that is danced in this area.

In the region are still dances with complicated choreography: a Farrapeira

(What is a ‘chula’), a Retaxeira, o Tareio, a Moda do Indo Eu (which is a joke or game ballet) and as theatrical, Frade Capucho.

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Estremadura

Extremadura although to be located in Lisbon, the capital, which in some way,influence all this province, yet their music and their dances have very archaicaspects and decidedly rural, together with, in certain areas, the influences are evident either of Beira Litoral want Ribatejo.

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The main dances are: a Ramaldeira, a Ramadeira, o Enleio, a Carreirinha, o Chicote, os Reinadios, alguns Viras (of Beira Litoral), algumas Saias (of Alto Alentejo), o Verde-Gaio, a Ciranda, a Xotiça, o

Passo-a-Quatro, a Machadinha, o Fandango e o Bailarico that although ballet across Extremadura, has its best expression in the region of origin.

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Main dances

Ribatejo

The dances and songs of the Ribatejo region of the district are particularly enriched with artistic details, restful, elegant and harmonious. Their costumes are sober as indeed is the very picture of the area where they live.

The costumes of women are of various colors, but predominantly for discrete tones. Skirts can be blue, black, green and brown. As for the sweaters are clearer and more vivid colors of aprons and headscarvesbit gaudy.

As to the manner of man the most important is "Ceremony" or "Sunday best", and consisting entirely black pants, with pockets rights, black vest, white shirt and bibheels shelf.

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When we walk along the Ribatejo province, turns out some differences in the way of dancing and dress . To the north, on the right bank of the Tejo River, are the 'neighborhoods', where the herdsmen use darker costumes and dances are slower; south-guess now mounted the heath, but in the great flatlands that ’campino’ wears clothes more garish and dance in a more agitated. Here we find them with the gray coveralls and hat band and incarnate.

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Costumes of Ribatejo

Alto Alentejo

Alto Alentejo, perhaps the poorest and least original choreographic region of the country but musical-mind one of the richest,o Alto Alentejo, has, in the district of Portalegre, one of the finest Portuguese folk dances and features: as Saias. Alongside these, the Alentejo is still dances: o Salto em Bico, os Bailhos Campaniços, Balhos de Roda, o Puladinho, os Balhos

de Cadeia, o Fandango and even o Vira.

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Baixo Alentejo

‘Balhos de Cadeia and Balhos de Roda’ are the main types of choreography in this province, something poor so full ofdancing and choral music. Yet even faced with some other flavor dances and practice locations: o Marcadinho, o Puladinho, o Tope, a Redondinha, o Chegadinho e as Seguidilhas.

It has long disappeared some "religious dances" that were once danced in the Alentejo where, however, older people still remember the Maquinéu, the Pinhões, the Fandango and the Escalhavardos.

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Costumes of Alentejo

Traje da Ceifeira: The clothing is made harvesters by two facts

clothing field- composed of high boots, thick socks black skirts shorts (it's a skirt, this then to the knees with some strings that are called "orelos" and between the legs fold up with pins) an old shirt, black hat called a ”aguadeiro” in winter, summer straw hats, a scarf with black stripes and white. It's actually working.

Roupa de Portas– consisting of a skirt, a blouse, and farm in winter. The summer blouse has a frillsquare, the apron was embroidered by machine, or frill underneath, dark blue scarfof silk. It is the fact that the harvesters dressed after work in the fields.

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Algarve

Although Corridinho the 'Balls and Warrants' Balls Wheels are the most characteristic dances and practiced in the Algarve, the Algarve there are many other local dances or popularized (but that the Algarve has printed the strong stamp of his character) still in use : the Balso Marcado or Balso Rasteiro ,the Regadinho, the Balso Pulado, the Contradança and the Bailarico.

In the category of 'balls wheel' there are many dances, such as the famous AuntAnica Loulé, the Almond, the Pound, the Papelinho and many more.

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Trajes do Algarve

The day-to-day, the woman wears a headscarf, a cotton cloth, which tightens the front. The blouse in shades of blue. Simple cut, open in front and long sleeves with cuffs. Fabric Cotton Skirt £ creating the blue stripes, the lower end has a frill of the same fabric. The apron is cotton fabric blue print, forming floral patterns, having the lower extremity veins and frill of the same fabric.

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“Bailinho da Madeira”

In a sense we've all seen dancing "Bailinho Madeira" or at least, as he is known on the continent: a group, dressed in the costume of the island of flowers, dancing around the regional instrument typical of Madeira: the brinquinho. It is an instrument made by a group of rag dolls and seven regional dress with castanets and ’fitilhos’ arranged at the end of uma ’cana de roca’ and excited by vertical movements of the hand of the bearer, this is the bailinho!

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Madeira

“Brinco”

However there is another, it appears that the bailinho typical camp in the island, where the challenge of singing and dance choreography invented at the time. In thisfun gives the name of earring. It is sung and danced by all, without rule orrestriction. It is not necessary to dress as simply wanting to enter the wheel.

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(Island of Madeira)

Açores

Like all the other popular dances Azores is cheerful and lively, and characteristics of ingenuity. ’Pézinho’ is the most popular folk dance gaucho, or Brazilian folklore, played by Azorean immigrants in Brazil. Where the dancers have two parts: the first there is a marking of the feet and the second pairs revolve around them selves,taken by the arm

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http://www.folclore-online.com

http://www.os camponeses.com

http://www.wikipedia.com

Enciclopédia do Folclore Português

Livro III e IV Congresso de Folclore do Ribatejo

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Bibliografia/webgrafia