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Local Customs: Local dress
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  • Written by ettenaj on Dec 3, 2003
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    • Traditional dress, still regularly worn by flower sellers, is smart and colourful. The women wear a red woollen skirt decorated with green, blue and yellow stripes, along with an embroidered red waistcoat over a white blouse. The men sport a baggy white shirt and knee length trousers tied with a red sash. A carapuca, like a skull cap with a stalk. and a cape thrown over the shoulder, may also be worn, along with light coloured leather boots with a red stripe

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    Local Customs: Madeiran Music
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  • Written by ettenaj on Dec 4, 2003
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    • On Madeira you can listen to both the laments of Portuguese fado and to the islanders own folk songs; these are sometimes accompanies by traditional instruments, such as the 4 string braguinha and the percussive brinquinho - a hand held pole where dolls wearing bells and castanets slide up and down to the music. Folk dances often hark back to the days of slavery-in the Porto do Sol, dancers with bowed heads move in circles as if their feet were chained together.

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    iandsmith Tue May 29, 2007 22:36 UTC
     Never heard of the place, looks terrific.    		MarioPortugal Thu Feb 8, 2007 17:30 UTC
     Great page about Funchal. Congratulations. :)
    Maurizioago Mon Feb 5, 2007 12:55 UTC
     Tell us more about Rabacal. I'm interested in that place. Nice page. Ciao!    		loisl Fri Feb 2, 2007 12:55 UTC
     Great coverage for Funchal, just the Nightlife tipp needs a little boost. Thanks for sharing it with us, Cheers, Peter
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