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Serrada da Velha

Note-Taking again. This time in a Madeiran accent so strong it could cut glass. This isn’t a recent video – it came out in spring, so I’m really posting this at the wrong time of year. Look out the window and pretend that autumnal chill is the last departing wind of March and that those Michaelmas daisies are really hyacinths.

By the way, can we just take a moment to appreciate the cinematography on a Biqueira’s videos? Especially where fire is concerned. Whoever is behind the camera is doing a great job!

Quaresma tradição serrada de velha de origem antiga

vem do norte do pais de quaresma a maio

ritual de paisagem, a velha simboliza o inverno

dar boas vindas à primavera

fazer barulho com….???

3 semanas depois da quarta de cinzas*

antigamente foram homens que participaram no ritual mas hoje há mais mulheres e homens mais liberais e rebeldes. os conservadores não gostam

Pessoas a falar sobrea sua juventude e as diferenças

candeeiros de petróleo fazem parte da tradição ancestral – começou antes da luz elétrica

Nêsperas, bola de mel

mala de viagem…???

Tradições são boas para ajudar as pessoas lidar com as problemas,

um homem diz que nasceu lá, e tem orgulho em participar

A Biqueira diz que viu a alegria e a satisfação de das pessoas numa tradição neste cantinho … ela sentiu se “uma pedacinho, parte do povo da primeira lombada”

Ugh… there’s a real skill to note-taking. I find I start writing but then i tune out what’s being said so i can concentrate (especially if I need to do an accent or if, gawdelpus, I make a typo. And then when I tune back in again, they’re saying something else and it takes me a few seconds to get back to where i can see a through-line in the conversation. But I feel like this is an essential skill for the aural comprehension part of the exam, so I need to keep going, trying to relax about the typos and the good orthography, and just get down the pith of what’s being said, and do it word-for-word so I don’t lose time thinking about how to paraphrase it.

*ash wednesday

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