Geocoin Portugal 2008 / Guitarra Portuguesa FADO - Portugal 2008 Geocoin

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Owner:
paulohercules Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Origin:
Lisboa, Portugal
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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About This Item

PT 2008 Antique Cooper (front)

This geocoin is dedicated to a Portuguese traditional music genre called FADO.

UNESCO inscribed FADO urban popular song of Portugal on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity:
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?RL=00563&lg=en&pg=00011

More about FADO here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fado

The coin has the shape of the Portuguese guitar, the musical instrument used to play the FADO music.
More about this guitar here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar

The Portuguese text printed in the geocoin is part of the lyrics from a FADO song and the translation is:
"People from my land only now I understand
This sadness I feel I received it from you."

Watch videos of FADO music here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpdUMVESHoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFgctURyGp4&list=RDARS7Zi-Zpkw

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Mark Missing 4/16/2016 Adadraxl marked it as missing   Visit Log

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Write note 4/15/2016 Adadraxl posted a note for it   Visit Log

I am sorry, this coin is for sure not in the Cache "Graz von oben". Today i replaced the Cache Container but it seems the coin was already missing before the cache disappeared.
Write note 8/31/2015 Zynikus posted a note for it   Visit Log

I can definitely say that it was not there today! Sorry!
Write note 11/10/2014 weli posted a note for it   Visit Log

Sorry, I haven't seen him in "Graz von oben".
Hopefully I just have overlooked him...
Dropped Off 5/1/2014 Sparianer placed it in Graz von oben Steiermark, Austria - 9.11 miles  Visit Log

Abgelegt in Graz von oben
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/12/2014 Sparianer retrieved it from Des Glück is a Vogerl . . . Steiermark, Austria   Visit Log

Und weiter geht die Reise!
Dropped Off 4/12/2014 CSI Styria placed it in Des Glück is a Vogerl . . . Steiermark, Austria - 5.95 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/11/2014 CSI Styria took it to "Entdecke die Möglichkeiten" Steiermark, Austria - 2.18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/7/2014 CSI Styria took it to Harry Potter Steiermark, Austria - 1.32 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/7/2014 CSI Styria took it to LAUFFEUER Steiermark, Austria - 14.14 miles  Visit Log
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