Dances of Portugal (Classic Reprint)

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Dances of PortugalEast of Castelo Branco the village of Malpica owns a fine dance group, full of life. Their lovely costume with water pleated skirts - the material wetted, pleated, and the pleats held in place by stones till dry - and chemises water-pleated also, and the hair plaited into a basket-shape, is, alas, rapidly falling into disuse. Here, Nature with her rolling country, rye fields and evergreen oaks, all clean and dry, makes for spotless cleanliness among the peasants. In the Estréla mountains we find cold, huddled living conditions, people seeking warmth before cleanliness. The dances of Beira have much in common with each other, for they are variations of the fundamental triple step, used with raised arms and click ing fingers, and are chie¿y in ring formation. With this recreational style we find a few ritual Maypole dances, chie¿y towards the Spanish frontier.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.