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At Teatro São Luiz, the compatibility between Humor and Fado was reflected. The challenge came from comedians Ricardo Araújo Pereira and Bruno Nogueira, inserted in the cycles of conversations Tragedy + Time.

The session was attended by the fadistas Camané, Ricardo Ribeiro and Celeste Rodrigues and the pianist Mário Laginha, who discussed the dimension of the presence of humor in music.

Fado became popular by singing tragedy and heartache, but it is possible to find humor and satire in some of its lyrics.

You can laugh with Fado. Fates, because they are so tragic, can become comical. Fadistas, especially men, attribute nicknames to each other. For example, Ricardo Ribeiro is the “pisa-papéis”, João Braga the “Mite”, Nuno da Câmara Pereira the “Perfeito Calhau”.

According to Camané, it is laughable when someone sings Fado with an accent or another language, because the Portuguese language is the only one that fits the sound.

The Lisbon City Council has again applied for the European Mobility Week Award (EMWA).

The 2016 edition of SEM registered the largest ever participation with 2427 cities, 550 more than in the year 2015.

EMWA aims to reward municipalities that have developed the best practices for sustainable mobility, which have implemented one or more permanent measures that persist in the city, which contribute to the use of alternative modes of transport to the car.

The measures implemented, the intervention in the central axis of the city, Av. Da República and Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, the program a square in each neighborhood, the requalification of the riverfront (Cais do Sodré, Corpo Santo and Campo das Cebolas) , Exemplary measures have been taken by the European Commission. The award ceremony for the winning city will take place in Brussels on 20 March.

Four wines were included in the Top 100 list. Portugal thus equates to France, being surpassed only by Austria and Germany.

The confirmation of the consistency of quality of Portuguese wines and this recognition is fundamental for professionals, whether importers, distributors or restaurants, to be more and more open to include Portuguese wines in their lists.

Monstra – Animation Film Festival, takes place from 16 to 26 this month in various venues in Lisbon. It will be possible to see how some of these films were made.

There will be many parallel activities – exhibitions, workshops, school sessions, etc. – with the aim of increasing the public.

The animated movie audience has won over the adults. Parents today ask if they can bring their children to certain movies.

“Fado Violado”, a project that crosses fado with flamenco, was born in 2008 by the hands of Ana Pinhal and Francisco Almeida “. It is from this junction between the past and the present, between the roots and the discovery, that the Fado Violado were born. That Fado and Flamenco have common roots seems to be a consensus among musicologists, and Fado Violado are the evidence of this.