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'Fado', the music of Lisbon

'Fado', the urban 'folk' song of Portugal, has recently been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Heritage, so why not visit Lisbon and discover for yourself this plaintive music that links Afro-Brazilian music with local genres of song and dance?

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Lisbon is the cradle of this urban 'folk' music, recently recognised by UNESCO
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Fado is generally performed by a solo male or female singer, accompanied by an acoustic guitar and the Portuguese guitarra, a pear-shaped twelve-stringed lute.
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No visit to Lisbon would be complete without an evening spent in a casa do fado enjoying the local cuisine, a vinho verde, and listening to this typically Portuguese music
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In the Bairro Alto and the Alfama districts of Lisbon there are many casas do fado
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