Fado the Heart and Soul of Lisboa
March 28th 2011 Fado (Portuguese: destiny, fate) is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins.At that time only fado marinheiro (sailor fado) was known and, like the cantigas de levantar ferro, was sung only by sailors. Back then, fado was not sung in the rest of the country. Fado was generally sung by one person called a fadista, and accompanied by the por
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