Friday 13 July 2007
Tango to Evora, by Loreena McKennitt
The Celts, the Lusitans, Romans, Moors and Christians ruled the area and today there are many monuments dating from various historical periods.
Loreena McKennitt began her journey when she started to connect Celtic music with its history. She had learned about the geographic and historic spread of the Celts and then she found herself "drawn into a rich, ancient tapestry of sounds and rhythms and stories". She visited many places in the world exploring Celtic ruins and artifacts.
I really enjoy learning more about her recordings and the travels and research behind them.
Tango to Evora reminds me of my childhood days spent during summer holidays; of my childhood home and of my childhood dreams. Probably because of the relation between Vasco da Gama and Evora. I read "The Lusiads" many times as I loved traveling with this successful explorer :) I was very happy when we finally discovered India!
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have you ever been to Iona? my friends from school keep telling me that i should backpack across europe, making that island the crux of my hike, sometime in my twenties.
they say its "a place where the veil between heaven and earth grows thin".
I haven't seen it yet, but it's a MUST!!
"a place where the veil between heaven and earth grows thin"... very metaphorically said... I am sure they're right
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