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MATOSINHOS MUNICIPALITY<\/strong> On the coast of the city is the port of Leix\u00f5es, the largest artificial port of Portugal and second maritime port of the Metropolitan Area of Porto. Part of Oporto’s international airport covers municipal boundaries.<\/p>\n The seat of the municipality is the parish of Matosinhos and Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, from where Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa is. The main feast in Matosinhos is the Lord of Matosinhos, one of the main and greatest Pilgrimages in Portugal, whose origin is in an ancient legend in which the Image of Jesus Crucified (Nicodemus’s work), here will have appeared by the sea, where there is a Memorial Chapel. The image of the Lord is venerated in the famous Sanctuary of the Lord of Matosinhos (masterpiece by Nicholas Nasoni).<\/p>\n Matosinhos is today a municipality strongly dedicated to the tertiary sector, although it also has industry, mainly petrochemicals, food and canning industries, textiles and electrical equipment, and also has a huge fishing activity. Fishland, Matosinhos is also a decoy to all who like good gastronomy, namely a good grilled fish, to what contributes to the recently created brand “World’s Best Fish”! It is in the city of Matosinhos \/ Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, more specifically on the right bank of the Le\u00e7a River that is located Exponor, the largest business fair area in the country. It also has the most important entrance door to Oporto: the Port of Leix\u00f5es, the largest artificial port of Portugal, built in the late nineteenth century. Matosinhos is also a municipality with vast cultural and architectural heritage from which stand out the Church of Lord Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, the Standard of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, the Monastery of Le\u00e7a do Balio, the Car Bridge, the Obelisk of Memory Beach and, more recently, the Tea House of Boa Nova, the building of the City Hall, the Leix\u00f5es Cruise Terminal and the House of Architecture.<\/p>\n THE GROUP<\/em> Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa was born in the current Union of Parishes of Matosinhos and Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, in the distant year of 1935, and received, in the first years of its existence, the teaching and the knowledge of the ethnomusicologist Professor Armando Le\u00e7a. In the honor book of the community, this distinguished figure, rich in the concept of the folklore, at the time, wrote: “While in Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa endure so beneficial intention, you will have a defender to applaud.” On these 87 years of history, the group has always been in the safeguarding of the immaterial heritage of humanity, bearing the name of Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, Matosinhos and Portugal, together with its customs and traditions, to the four corners of the world, as attest the numerous presentations from north to south of Portugal, throughout Europe, in Asia and In Latin America.<\/p>\n Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa essentially represents \u201cMaiato\u201d folklore, because Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, in the age that the group represents, mid\/late nineteenth century, was inserted in the ancient lands of Maia, which of course influences the attire and the repertoire that the group currently present. Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa is the organizer of FESTARTE (International Festival of Popular Arts and Traditions of Matosinhos), CIOFF Festival (an NGO that enjoys status B with UNESCO). It is also a founding partner of the Portuguese Folklore Federation and It has been distinguished throughout the years by several public and private agencies, for its merit and service to the Portuguese Popular culture.<\/p>\n As we explain in a more detailed way, the group participates in the major festivals in Portugal, and also as travelled to many countries in Europe, as well to Asia and South America<\/p>\n COSTUMES OF THE GROUP <\/strong> In addition to the work attire, the group also shows Sunday and luxury costumes, all of which are faithful replicas of what were worn by our ancestors in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century<\/p>\n MUSIC AND DANCES<\/strong> The dances that the group performs represent what Le\u00e7a da Palmeira population danced on those days (end of 19th century, beginning of 20th) . The dances are very different: we have dances in column, square dances and circle dances. The group has also recorded a CD, on 2019, which intends to preserve the traditions of Le\u00e7a da Palmeira and Matosinhos through all the years.<\/p>\n RANCHO T\u00cdPICO DA AMOROSA ALL OVER THE WORLD <\/strong> Artistic director Lukasz Chojnacki<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”290,292,294,296″ posts_number=”10″ show_title_and_caption=”off” show_pagination=”off” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MATOSINHOS MUNICIPALITYMatosinhos is a small urban municipality with 62.42 km\u00b2 of area and 175,478 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. 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Matosinhos is a small urban municipality with 62.42 km\u00b2 of area and 175,478 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 4 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Vila do Conde, to the northeast by Maia, to the south by Porto and to the west has a coast in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n
Situated on the right bank of the mouth of Le\u00e7a, (which is 10 km from the city of Porto), this small sailor village was once divided into small places. One of these places, the Amorosa, which was located in the upper part of the parish, lived essentially from agriculture, but the sea, always “kissing the feet” of Le\u00e7a da Palmeira, would of course have to influence its people.<\/p>\n
In spite of Le\u00e7a da Palmeira is a land by the sea, the place of Amorosa, from where Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa originates, was eminently agricultural. That is why the working suits are alluding, essentially, to agriculture, the main activity of that small place.<\/p>\n
The Orchestra of the group is composed by several instruments, namely concertinas, mandolins, \u201ccavaquinhos\u201d, \u201cviolas braguesas\u201d, guitars, bass drum, triangle and \u201creco-reco\u201d, a traditional Portuguese guiro.
The group only performs with live music, in all kind of shows, on stage, on the floor or in a parade. We try to preserve the portuguese traditional culture, playing only traditional instruments<\/p>\n
Beyound the dances, the group also performs other shows, like traditional ethnographic spectacle \u00abTradi\u00e7\u00f5es de Le\u00e7a\u00bb, where we present the traditions of our parish along the entire year, from January to December.
Rancho T\u00edpico da Amorosa also performs, every year, Carols of the Christmas Cycle.<\/p>\n
International Folk Festival \u2013 Rodez – France International Folk Festival, Nancy – France F\u00eates de La Vigne, Dijon \u2013 France Mostra Internacional de Folklore, Soller \u2013, Mallorca – Spain International Folk Festival, Mahon, Menorca – Spain Festival Internazionale del Folclore e delle Tradizioni, Bergamo – Italy Mostra Folklorica Internacional de Viveiros, Viveiros \u2013 Spain Lefkas International Folklore Festival, Lefkas \u2013 Greece Madrid, Spain Villalba International Folklore Festival, Villalba \u2013 Spain Festival de Danses de l\u2019Antiga Corona d\u2019Arag\u00f3, Castell\u00f3n de La Plana – Spain International Folk Festival, Amn\u00e9ville \u2013 France Enschede International Folk Festival, Enschede \u2013 Netherlands International Folk Festival, Custonaci \u2013 Italy International Folk Festival, Tainan \u2013 Taiwan Festival International de Folklore de Argentina \u2013 Argentina Summerfest \u2013 Hungary International Folklore Festival, Santander – Spain International Festival of Folklore, Zielona Gora \u2013 Poland GY\u00d6NGY International Folklore Festival – Hungary Festival Internacional de Folklore de Zamora, Zamora \u2013 Spain<\/p>\n