Happy Truck Thursday!This old green pick-up truck is used as a tourist bureau, an attraction in the old part of the city of Lisbon.
Seen in Lisbon, Portugal
Cidade de Fado is a distinctive truck, looking like the cars of the XX century, taken care by Fundação Manuel Simões para a Divulgação do Fado. Besides playing Fado classics for the whole street to hear, the truck is actually its own store, with a selection of Fado and other portuguese music CDs. The moving shop first started selling records in the 90's, as a temporary solution, while the building where the original store was located underwent structural reconstruction. It quickly became a lisbon tradition. The truck is usually parked in Rua do Carmo.
more:
www.weheartlisbon.com/en/squares-streets/rua-do-carmo
Fado, from Wikipedia:
Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best.
Today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fate and melancholy.
Happy Truck Thursday!This old green pick-up truck is used as a tourist bureau, an attraction in the old part of the city of Lisbon.
Seen in Lisbon, Portugal
Cidade de Fado is a distinctive truck, looking like the cars of the XX century, taken care by Fundação Manuel Simões para a Divulgação do Fado. Besides playing Fado classics for the whole street to hear, the truck is actually its own store, with a selection of Fado and other portuguese music CDs. The moving shop first started selling records in the 90's, as a temporary solution, while the building where the original store was located underwent structural reconstruction. It quickly became a lisbon tradition. The truck is usually parked in Rua do Carmo.
more:
www.weheartlisbon.com/en/squares-streets/rua-do-carmo
Fado, from Wikipedia:
Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best.
Today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fate and melancholy.