Sit back, turn on the sound and full screen - relax. Sente-se, ligue os alto falantes e o ecrã inteiro - relaxe.

Music: Dave Miller: The Azores - Waves, Wind & Sea (Album: Tranquil World: Ocean Paradises)

Segredos do Convento - Nossa Senhora da Esperança

As the Festa do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres approaches one can view the procession and festivities on May 13, directly on the site  http://www.santo-cristo.com/ , and even though it is in Portuguese, one can learn about the activities and the organization behind the feast.
Recognized as largest religious event in the Azores, take a look at the  video below, to get a preview of the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Esperança, whose nuns are the caretakers of the statue of the Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres. It is a rare opportunity to see how these nuns live, their living quarters and interior of the monastery, seldom visited by outsiders.

View in full screen to appreciate the beauty of the local.

Tom Tucker - Superintendent of Cabrillo National Monument Memorial Service

Today, Tom Tucker, former superintendent of Cabrillo National Monument was laid to rest.
His memorial service was simple, yet full of meaning, for it exemplified the way that Tom led his life. God, Country and Family.
Tom's passing closed another chapter in the relationship between the Cabrillo National Monument and the Portuguese Community in San Diego.
It was Tom Tucker's foresight that gave worldwide projection to the Portuguese explorer at the service of Spain, Juan Rodrigues, Cabrillo, first European to set foot on what is now the shores of the Western United States.
Under his leadership, along with the late Mary R. Giglitto, the perfect team, Cabrillo Festival, gained international recognition, making it the premier history festival in the United Sates.
My first contact with Tom was in late 1974, during the Cabrillo Festival when I was introduced to him by Mary R. Giglitto and Paulo Goulart.
It was a moment of instant bonding, of mutual respect, trust and understanding that was to last many years. I appreciated his deep understanding of the human psyche, and many were the conversations we had about the relationship of the Portuguese Community and Cabrillo, both the park and the person. In his baritone voice, all conversations started with " You know Joe ....".
I will always cherish having known Tom Tucker, for he touched me in a way that only he knew how. I will always cherish his friendship and and most of all his being, Tom.
As a last gesture of my friendship and respect, I was very proud to convey to the family the condolences of the Consul of Portugal in Los Angeles, Mr. Edmundo Macedo on behalf of the Portuguese Government, who could not be present.
Tom R. Tucker, Sr. received a knighthood, from the Portuguese Government in the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator with the grade of Commander.

Below is the biography of Tom Tucker as presented in the memorial pamphlet distributed prior to the memorial service. 

I think that it is also important to review what was written by Ross Holland on the achievements of Tom Tucker and his impact on two of the parks he supervised. 

In 1963, a change of superintendents occurred and Thomas R. Tucker took over the reins of the monument. The great bulk of the development of the park was under his energetic and capable supervision. Complicating his work at this time was the fact that the other park under his jurisdiction—Channel Islands National Monument—demanded increased attention. Visitation and public use—some of it adverse—of the islands was growing, as was the acreage. The result was that personnel and equipment, including patrol boats, were added to the park. About the time that developments at Cabrillo reached an end, Channel Islands had grown to such size that it was ready to stand on its own feet, and in the spring of 1967, the Park Service broke away from Channel Islands and established it as a separate area. It had been an arduous four years and Tucker could feel a deep sense of satisfaction as each project reached its conclusion.

The developments at Cabrillo began fittingly in 1963—the fiftieth anniversary of the monument. Many changes in thinking have taken place in those fifty years. It has, unfortunately, taken that long to give Cabrillo the honor due him and get his story before the American public.

The completion of the developments at the monument moved the park into a more important position in the National Park System, for it now had the accouterments of a park—a museum and visitor center, a refurnished historic lighthouse, and a more sophisticated interpretive program. Gone were the days of the makeshift amphitheatre where the park interpreters gave lectures on the gray whale and whaling in San Diego. No longer was it necessary to give talks on Cabrillo and on the old lighthouse in the parlor of that structure. But even with these good things, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was still hardly more than a figure of state importance. He had not yet taken his place in the public mind with Coronado and DeSoto.

The first fifty years were spent trying to secure an appropriately developed park to memorialize Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and that was accomplished in 1965. The next fifteen years were devoted to giving Cabrillo the national recognition he deserved and bringing the park into focus. Both finally came about because of two things: the imaginative, energetic, and competent leadership of Supt. Tom Tucker, and the establishment and growth of the Cabrillo Festival.

IN - THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT
F. Ross Holland, Jr.
Published by Cabrillo Historical Association
Copyright© 1981

Guitarra de dois corações

    The heart that departs

                The heart that stays

                             Join in a single tear 

                                          A tear of emptiness
Tradução livre de JMLA

The twelve string two heart guitar(viola de dois corações) has been part of the baggage of many an immigrant from the Azores

Este apontamento está no Museu da Imigração Açoriana na R. Grande - This notation can be seen at the Azorean Immigration Museum in Ribeira Grande, Azores.http://mea.cm-ribeiragrande.pt/ We suggest a virtual visit.

Os dois corações são, sem dúvida, a parte mais simbólica de toda a Viola da Terra. Segundo a explicação popular, estes dois corações são o coração que parte (que emigra para o estrangeiro) e o coração que fica.

Estes corações estão ligados por um "cordão umbilical", que se une numa lágrima, a lágrima da Saudade. Esta lágrima da Saudade é também referida como simbolo do Ás de Oiros, representando a busca de fortuna aquando da emigração.

Em:http://www.freewebs.com/violadaterra/asuasimbologia.htmFormore information regarding the viola da terra consult this link.
Obrigado Maria de Lurdes Alves pela alerta.

De Coriscos a Rabo Tortos a Fuseiros - Uma viagem pelas alcunhas dos Açores

ALMA AÇÓRICA (41) 
As preocupações demográficas entre nós, fora das perspectivas partidárias, suscitam análises sobre o desenvolvimento regional e, por fim, sempre emergem as ideias dos “modelos de”, ou, ao invés, medidas como as que vigoram para as chamadas ilhas da coesão, concorde-se ou não com elas…O depauperamento da nossa pirâmide populacional tem vindo a ocorrer com maior intensidade a partir da década de 60 com forte surto emigratório para as então ex-colónias para além dos países tradicionais da nossa diáspora. Malgrado, seja problema estrutural os últimos censos voltaram a indiciar um ligeiro aumento global, nem sempre acompanho em algumas ilhas…É desta escassez de pessoas que se originou a expressão propensa para a alcunha “aquele é da Fajã do lá vem um” , significando que pouca gente se via nas artérias desses lugares… As alcunhas (do árabe alkunia=apodos, cognomes ou apelidos no Brasil) têm diferentes e diversificadas géneses (aspecto específico da pessoa ou família, traço físico ou de personalidade, ou alcunha ligada ao lugar de nascimento… Santa Maria, Cagarros; S. Miguel, Coriscos ou Almas de Pau; Terceira, Rabos Tortos ou Alferes; Graciosa, Alcavaços ou Tinhosos; S. Jorge, Capitães, Pataco Falso ou Inhameiros; Pico, Picarotos ou Cachalotes; Faial, Contrabandistas ou Madraços; Flores, Lapujos e Corvo, os Águias. Os residentes nas freguesias, por vezes, também as têm, como na ilha do Faial: Angústias, Amancebados; Capelo, Demandistas; Castelo Branco, Penteados; Cedros, Birrentos; Conceição, Faladores; Feteira, Ambiciosos; Flamengos, Soberbos; Matriz, Comerciantes; Pedro Miguel,
Lambareiros; Praia do Almoxarife, Pescadores; Praia do Norte, Namoradores; Ribeirinha, Escarnentos e Salão, Folgazões. Em S. Jorge, conhecem-se em freguesias e até lugares: Velas, Macacos; Rosais, Lavradores; Santo Amaro, Fadistas; Urzelina, Rendeiros; Manadas, Senhores; Norte Grande, Burriqueiros; Norte Pequeno, Inhameiros; Calheta, Papagaios; Ribeira Seca, Negociantes; Santo Antão, Magrinhos e Topo, Ladrões. Quanto a Lugares: Figueira (Pimpães); Fajã de Santo Amaro(Vinhateiros) Beira (Queijeiros) Toledo (Pobres) Santo António (Vaqueiros) e Ribeira da Areia (Cabreiros)…Todos estes, menos conhecidos do que os Serrotes (Vila Franca) e Fuzeiros (Ribeira Grande) ou os Lepras (Ribeiras até às Lajes do Pico)…imaginação, rivalidades e estórias, na identidade das almas açóricas….


Autor José Contente - Secretário Regional Ciência Tecnologia Equipamentos - Região Autónoma dos Açores
A série Alma Açorica pode ser acompanhada em:  http://ww1.rtp.pt/icmblogs/rtp/comunidades/

A alcunha faz parte do dia a dia da diáspora açoriana. Neste trabalho de José Contente, encontramos muitas das alcunhas que julgo a maior parte dos açorianos não conhecerem os locais a que se referem.

Páscoa - Easter - Pascuas -Pâques - 2012

Feliz Páscoa
         Happy Easter
                     Felices Pascuas
                                  Joyeuses Pâques

Macau Documentary

Sian Richards introduces this series capturing the sights, sounds and flavours of Asia. Macau offers up an intriguing blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures and traditions, which is reflected in their cuisine - a curious mixture of Indian, Malay, and African together with the Chinese and Portuguese influences. We dine on a summer delicacy, Pork Minchi, a dish that typifies Macau's multicultural nature. Sian takes in the world-famous dragon boat races, samples Portuguese-Cantonese pastries, and wanders into a traditional Chinese medicine shop - where ancient herbs and powders are mixed to cure all ailments

Documentário sobre Macau que está feito com gosto e direcionado para o mercado internacional. Vale a pena ver.


View in full screen to appreciate. Ver em ecrã inteiro!

Cabrillo Festival 1976

Every year the Cabrillo Festival reenacts the arrival of Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo, Portuguese navigator at the service of Spain and the first European to set foot on the what is now the western part of the United States. This is a series of photographs I took during the Cabrillo Festival 1976. John Rebelo, was President and José M. L. Alves, Vice President - The event was held then at Shelter Island when Paulo Goulart was the personage of Cabrillo. On the photos Mary R. Gilgitto is seen on the stage as MC and Tony Codina, the second personage of Cabrillo is seen walking toward the bay to coordinate the landing. the Portuguese American Dancers under the direction of Mary Moniz entertained the audience along with the Point Loma Srings, made up of António Garcia da Rosa, Leonel Garcia da Rosa, Manuel (Frizado) Silva and Manuel Labrincha.

Todos os anos o Festival Cabrillo  recria a chegada de Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo, navegador português ao serviço de Espanha, que foi o primeiro europeu a pisar o que hoje é o oeste dos Estados Unidos. Esta série de fotografias foram tiradas por mim durante o Festival Cabrillo em 1976 - John Rebelo era Presidente e José M. L. Alves, Vice Presidente. O festival teve lugar no Shelter Island, com Paulo Goulart a fazer a personagem de Cabrillo. Nas fotos identifica-se Mary Rosa Giglitto, como Mestre de Cerimónias e Tony Codina, segunda pessoa a personificar Cabrillo dirigindo-se para a baía para orientar o desembarque. O grupo folclórico, Portuguese American Dancer, sob a direcção de Mary Moniz, entretiveram a assistencia assim como o Point Loma Strings, de que faziam parte António Garcia da Rosa, Leonel Garcia da Rosa, Manuel (Frizado) Silva e Manuel Labrincha.
JMLA

Açores a pé pelas nove ilhas

Açores a Pé - «Quero perscrutar o quotidiano açoriano sem pressas»
O jornalista Nuno Ferreira já partiu para uma nova aventura: A travessia das nove ilhas dos Açores a pé em busca do quotidiano açoriano, das tradições, cultura popular e diferentes realidades. Com ele leva uma mochila, um computador e a máquina fotográfica.

Café Portugal | sábado, 17 de Março de 2012

Café Portugal - Depois de ter atravessado o continente a pé de Sagres ao Minho e ter publicado a aventura no livro «Portugal A Pé» (edição Vertimag), o que podemos esperar da sua viagem nas nove ilhas dos Açores?

Nuno Ferreira - O que eu pretendo fazer nos Açores já a partir do dia 17 de Março na Ilha de São Miguel é ir caminhando pelas freguesias de cada ilha e ir vivenciando a realidade de cada uma e os contrastes que vão surgindo tanto a nível de paisagem como de tradições e cultura popular. Parto sem ideias pré-concebidas nem sobre o arquipélago nem acerca das nove ilhas que o compõem. Farei o que fiz no continente mas adaptado à realidade açoriana: perscrutar o quotidiano sem pressas, seja a faina da pesca, seja a lavoura, seja uma festa religiosa.

C.P. - Esta não é a sua primeira visita açoriana. Já esteve no território noutros momentos, inclusivamente percorreu a ilha de São Miguel com os romeiros. Pode-nos falar brevemente dessas aventuras?
N.F.- Fiz diversas reportagens nos Açores. A experiência na companhia dos romeiros em 1986, num rancho da Ribeira Grande e em 1992, num rancho de São Pedro de Ponta Delgada foi muito marcante e uma das razões porque decidi começar a travessia por São Miguel. Conheci bem o território enquanto romeiro e guardo ainda na memória a experiência de caminhar de madrugada em lugares mágicos como Pedreira do Nordeste ou Água Retorta.

C.P. - Para além dessa vontade de conhecer e vivenciar, a viagem acarreta a chamada logística do viajante. Como se organiza o Nuno?

N.F.- Levou a mochila, o computador e a máquina fotográfica. No fundo o mesmo que levei no continente. A ideia é conseguir que o peso não chegue aos 15 quilos como aconteceu na minha primeira fase no Algarve. Torna-se difícil conciliar a caminhada e o esforço físico com a parte propriamente jornalística.

C.P. - Em seu entender qual poderá vir a ser o maior desafio?
N.F.- O grande desafio é sempre vivenciar sem que a nossa condição de jornalista altere muito o quotidiano à nossa volta. Foi isso que eu fiz ou pretendi fazer no «Portugal a pé». Fui vivendo a desertificação, o desemprego e a emigração de uma forma natural. Bastava chegar a uma terra e dar dois dedos de conversa para perceber o que se passava, além de que via pelos meus olhos o vazio do interior rural no continente. Nos Açores e em relação às diferentes realidades e situações que vou encontrar, pretendo agir da mesma forma: Vivenciar, deixar que a realidade se imponha a mim e não o contrário.

C.P. - Sabemos que na sua primeira viagem, no continente, nem tudo foi fácil. Agora parte com um apoio diferente?

N.F.- Sim, tenho de agradecer o apoio da companhia aérea SATA e da Editora Vertimag que já anteriormente publicou o livro «Portugal a Pé» e que desde a primeira hora acarinhou esta nova iniciativa. Publicarei semanalmente as crónicas da travessia açoriana na revista Café Portugal que também apoia o projecto. Paralelamente publicarei uma crónica a cada dois meses na revista Epicur.
Em:http://www.cafeportugal.net
Aguardamos o fim da viagem e o livro que será produzido! Boa caminhada!
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Taste Portugal! - Saborei Portugal

View it in full screen and with sound! Enjoy
Ver com ecran aberto e som!

First, the sea and the land. Salt and sun. Then, the olive presses, granaries, wine cellars and fumitories. Bound by a people, a Country. Every day, at dusk, Portugal and the Portuguese, celebrate at the dining table.
The Taste Portugal Programme has in its mission to show the Portuguese unique gastronomy to a globalised world. To invite people to sample the authentic flavours of reinvented delicacies. To educate the palate for wines that have acquired a complex simplicity.

Lembrando Natália Correia - Por João Luis de Medeiros

Caricatura de autor desconhecido


O REPOUSO DA GARÇA

( na morte de Natália Correia – Março 16, 1993 *)


Naquele dia, a cancela da ilha ficara aberta
por masculino descuido, e a taramela do destino
aquietou-se para ouvir passar a garça...

Cuidado! é a Natália, Infanta de Sagres
que aí vem a caravelar no dorso da atlântida...
ressonância das (re)voltas da sapateia
da Grândola Vila Morena da Fajã de Baixo
(alguidar vulcânico da coragem de ser gente,
saudade vertical de distâncias a chegar…)

Natália – imagino-te ao lado de Florbela
a remoçar o romance de Pedro e Inês;
vejo-te com a batuta da coragem
a desafiar o antigo solfejo de Alice Moderno;
adivinho-te a rezar com Antero o soneto Consulta
junto ao primeiro degrau do Sumo-Bem…

Natália, vem daí! O sossego mata-nos, Mulher!
Faz-nos falta o gemido criador da tua verve
e a vertigem ciclópica da tua lira.
… desde que partiste, Portugal está morno:
boceja-se nos Açores, esbraceja-se na Madeira,
e a liberdade recolheu a quartéis…


---***---***---
JLM
(*) poema lido em publico pela primeira vez no Ateneu Luso-Americano
Fall River, Massachusetts, na tarde de Domingo, Abril 25, 1993

João-Luis de Medeiros
H.R. Consultant
Rancho Mirage, California - USA

Still Undecided Where To Go On Vacation - Ainda Indeciso Onde Passar Férias!

What Do You Love About Lisbon? O Que Gostas De Lisboa?

A fun video, that I liked, stole and posted! Um video brincalhão que gostei, roubei e postei! LOL

What do you love about Lisbon? from Lisbonlovers on Vimeo.

Romaria - Aníbal Raposo

Nesta altura do ano em que caminham pelas estradas de São Miguel os Romeiros, achei de uma simplicidade e beleza o sentimento de Aníbal Raposo, que partilho com a autorização do autor.

ROMARIA

Na longa caminhada que se aproxima
Procurarás afinar a tua alma
Pelo grande diapasão
Do universo.

Tu sabes bem que ele existe
E que alguém o faz vibrar.

Ao terceiro dia de jornada
Quando voares nas asas do cansaço
Abre bem os teus ouvidos
Ao seu som único,
Inconfundível.

Ao pressentires que o teu coração pulsa
Na mesma frequência,
Esboça um sorriso.

Atingiste a paz.

Aníbal Raposo
Ponta Delgada, 2012-02-26


IN http://apalavraeocanto.blogspot.com/

Presented by: Azores.TV
Sponsored by: Azores.com
Production: Tiago Ribeiro
Music: "Origens" - Rafael Carvalho
Special thanks to: Grupo de Romeiros de Santo António e São Pedro Nordestinho (Nordeste).
Azores.TV © 2012

Fábrica da Baleia em São Vicente Ferreira, São Miguel, Açores

In 1993, I had an opportunity to take some of the last photos of the whaling processing plant in São Vicente Ferreira, S. Miguel, Azores. The plant was built in 1945 and processed whales caught off the coast from port at Capelas, until the early 1970's.
Since then, the plant was demolished and a swimming area was built to serve the local population. 
Unfortunately, all the contents of the plant were lost, except for those that are held in private hands. Additionally, government leaders of the time, did not recognize the importance of  establishing this as a museum, to allow visitors to view what was once part of the livelihood of the whale hunters of the time.
And, oh yes, part of the mysticism of visiting the plant while it was in operation, was the smell that lingered in your clothes and body. 
I hope that you enjoy this bit of history!

Music: www.zeduarte.com From the Album -  Espírito Santo Vem
A actividade baleeira na ilha de São Miguel, designadamente na freguesia das Capelas, teve o seu início já no decorrer da segunda metade do século XIX.

É no lugar conhecido por “Calhau Miúdo” que se instalam as primeiras e rudimentares indústrias que laboram as baleias (cachalotes) ali chegadas a reboque das canoas da “ Companhia Velha” e da “Companhia Nova”.

A partir de um processo de fusão e alienação destas companhias surge a Companhia das Armações Baleeiras que deslocaliza a actividade para a nova e moderna fábrica construída no lugar dos Poços, que, vai funcionar desde 1945 até ao princípio da década de setenta, data em que encerra as portas, quando a actividade baleeira já era fortemente criticada por instâncias internacionais.

A caça à baleia que se desenvolvia nas Capelas era apoiada por uma vasta rede de vigias sitiadas ao longo das costas de São Miguel, enquanto a actividade industrial – derreter e destilar gorduras para óleos e moagem de ossos e carnes para farinhas – encontrava complemento em pequenas unidades espalhadas um pouco por toda a ilha.

Esta actividade tinha lugar essencialmente no Verão, mas os baleeiros já usufruíam de uma garantia salarial para os meses de Inverno, privilégio que associado ao facto de poderem repartir os lucros do âmbar encontrado no interior das baleias, produto de grande valor comercial na indústria de perfumes, tornava os baleeiros pessoas merecedoras de grande respeito.

Sem quebra de rigor na descrição desta actividade profissional, nomeadamente no estatuto social dos baleeiros e da coragem e dureza que requeria, o facto é que ela continua a ser muito mitificada e fantasiada, situação que acaba por impedir que seja analisada com o rigor histórico requerido.

Autor: André Viveiros (encontrado algures na net)

É CARNAVAL!

E como é Dia de Carnaval, aqui vai a última malassa! Que passem um bom dia e para os que vão à batalha das limas.....É pá vam aí úm... a! Corisca cousa, já me melharim tôde! LOL

Uploaded by joaobrandao1985 on Feb 22, 2012
Batalha D'água na Ilha de São Miguel Açores, Carnaval 2012

A Lenda das Sete Cidades - Paródia

Nesta altura que estamos no Carnaval, vale a pena relembrar esta lenda!



Grupo de Teatro da Candelaria -
www.helfimed.com

IN THE NAME OF LOVE - Humberta Araújo

I will

reopened the windows to make known
how the sun ecstatic savors the silky meadows
where the ashes of my dreams lay
scattered in every corner of the island
for you
I shall walk the rusty memories
undress those fears so long hidden
stuffed on the cracks of every stone wall
I shall rip those veils
to make known how the land shines
when the ocean comes on the shores of her mouth
thirsty of waters
while its moans awakening the core
of the land
shaken
by grief and liberation.
I shall unveil every birthmark
each shadow of untold sorrows
I shall bade your body
with the semen of the earth
natural fountains
we will become one
with the warm kiss of the landon a Fall afternoon!

With the permission of:

Humberta Araujo - RTP:Azores, Acoriano Oriental. Asas do Atlantico e Correio dos Acores.

TANTO MAR - Manuel Alegre

Atlântico até onde chega o olhar.
E o resto é lava
e flores.
Não há palavra
com tanto mar
como a palavra Açores

Gostei, Roubei e Postei - IN Sónia Nicolau FB

C.T.A - Companhia de Transportes Aéreos

Uma história que vale a pena relembrar, e que em muitos casos não é conhecida. A T.A.P.não foi a primeira companhia de aviação portuguesa.
Convido-os a visitar este blogue e ler sobre a tragétoria da C.T.A - Companhia de Transportes Aéreos.


Clique no link para abrir.

http://notempodosaraujos.blogspot.com/2012/01/esta-e-provavelmente-uma-das-companhias.html

Clippers na Horta

Calheta Pêro de Teive-Arquivo Diomar Almeida-gravado por José Barbeiro 1987

Formidável! Que bela memória.Que belo arquivo!
Pena que não tenha havido visão para manter este porto piscatório, e utiliza-lo como uma atração túristica de PDL. Reconhecendo que era uma área problemáatica da cidade,tão fácil teria sido um bom arquitécto desenhar uma ponte sobre uma entrada para o porto, e manter a conveniencia da extensão da Avenida Marginal.
Que bom ourvir o mar e os ruídos duma então Ponta Delgada, meia adormecida!
Com vontade...tudo se fazia!

Into the late 1980's, Ponta Delgada had a small, picturesque fishing port in the area of Calheta on the what may have been considered, the almost outskirts of the city. Nearby was a small fish market where truly fresh fish was sold.
As the city grew, it was decided that the port should disappear and that an extension to the shore line avenue be extended. Thus Ponta Delgada lost an emblematic, and problematic area of the city.
It is unfortunate that foresight was not evident in the decision making of the time. I am sure that the avenue's extension could have been accomplished, be it with some sort of bridge, or other option that a good architect, could devise, yet maintain the post card feeling of the locale.
Meanwhile, for those who remember, this archival video is a wonderful way to reminisce and especially to hear the sounds of the ocean and of the Ponta Delgada of those days.

Power of the Spirit

San Diego's Saint Agnes Church is included in the book and counted with the participation of Donna Alves Calhoun, Virgina Correia and José Alves on behalf of the Portuguese Historical Center.

Great and exciting news, “The Power of the Spirit” is almost here.
Power of the Spirit, a history of churches in California, either built by Portuguese, or where Portuguese immigrants played a major role in their development into productive parishes and community gathering centers.
It has been a labor of love, filled with obstacles and research difficulties - seven years in the making! We finally see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel; the “Power of of the Spirit” manuscript is due out to the printer on March 30th. 2012. Publication and availability to the public are expected early Summer.
As with the other books in our Research Collection, Power of the Spirit will be published in a Deluxe Edition, and promises to be an intriguing capture of the spiritual fortitude of the Portuguese diaspora in early California.
The book focus is two fold: a) The church buildings, their pastors, their history and how they came into existence; b) The human stories, the drama, the sacrifices and indomitable spirit of the Portuguese communities in early California.

Be sure to follow our blog at www.PortugueseBooks.Org. for updates on the exact publication date of this important book.

"Legacy of Azorean Whalers" Presented by PALCUS (Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States)

Not to be missed, make sure that you enter these dates on your calendars.
San Diego had an especially important participation in shore whaling in California, as chronicled in the book The Portuguese Shore Whalers of California 1854-1904 by David E. Bertão and published by Portuguese Heritage Publications of California and available at http://portuguesebooks.org/books/the-portuguese-shore-whalers-of-california-1854-1904

PALCUS is proud to invite you to a series of events in California to view the traveling exhibit "Legacy of Azorean Whalers"

TRANSCENDING AN OCEAN AND NATIONAL BORDERS, a cultural bond was established by whalers centuries ago. A bridge of whale ships linked the nine islands to the continen­tal United States. This traveling exhibit introduces a larger, permanent exhibition at the New Bedford Whaling Museum designed to honor this legacy. The Azorean Whaleman Gallery chronicles the global contributions and impact of the Portu­guese speaking world on American maritime history.

Exhibits and Receptions at all locations are Free to all attendees.

San Diego
February 23 - 25, 2012
Point Loma Library, Hervey Branch
3701 Voltaire Street
San Diego, CA 92107

Exhibit opens at 12:00pm on Thursday the 23rd, and will remain open until Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:00pm.

A reception will be held on Saturday from noon till 2:00pm at the library's Community room. Guest speakers include James Russell, President of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and Dr. Filipe Porteiro from the University of the Azores.

Turlock
February 29 - March 1, 2012
CSU Stanislaus
One University Circle
Turlock, California 95382

Details on reception TBD.

San Jose
March 3 - 4, 2012
Portuguese Heritage Museum
1650 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112-2599

IN https://www.facebook.com/portuguesetribune

U.P.S.E.S. Chapel Restoration Committe - José M. L. Alves

In the mid 1980's I served on the board of the U.P.S.E.S. Hall, San Diego, and was the chairman of the Chapel Restoration Committee.
Recently, I ran across the outline for the restoration, that included the members of the committe. Most of the objects were met and some are still kept.
In the following Christmas after the restoration, a "Presépio", "Lapinha" (nativity scene"), was built and opened to the public in the Chapel. The nativity scene was built by Francisco Gonçalves and myself, and contained many figurines that had been part of Mary Moniz's nativity scene, that she had built for may years in her home. It also contained more than 5,000 lights and was also the first time that the Chapel was illuminated in the outside. This tradition was maintained for several years, and in its later years was coordinated by Manuel Domingos.
The ladies that maintained the chapel open during the Christmas season were, Deutilde Varley, Helen Labruzzi, Virgina Correia, Phyllis Rose, Estela Pimental, and others that I do not recall.
Many visitors came to visit from mid December to King's Day on January 6. Many members of the Portuguese Community, brought their children and grandchildren to experience a tradition that was done in many homes in Point Loma, and had been lost. Unfortunately, this tradition was discontinued.
The was tradition started, while I was president and after the Portuguese Historical Center was moved to the U.P.S.E.S. Hall, for it had been started while the PHC was at the Upshur Street address. Most of the figures, that became part of the nativity scene at the Chapel, were the one's that were originally displayed at the PHC's "Presépio".
Today, the Chapel continues to be maintained, and is the focal point of the Festa do Espírito.


Chapel Restoration Committee

Members:

Jose Alves – Chair
Ed Brown
Phyllis Rose
Virginia Correia
Arnold Neves
Estela Pimentel
Joseph Silva
George Simas
Claire Alves

Objectives:

1. To bring Chapel to original historical condition
2. To create a descriptive plaque highlighting the history of the Chapel.
3. To create a descriptive historical brochure.
4. Maintain chapel open during Festa.
5. Control flow of donated bread to be sold or auctioned.

Needs:

1. Repair water leaks and damage
2. Bring in electrical to meet the needs of Chapel usage
3. Repair ceiling
4. Repair stained glass cupolas




www.phcsandiego.com/
www.upses.com/

Introspecção - João Luis de Medeiros

Ao regressar ao lar convidativo

meu refúgio quando estou cansado,

pergunta-me o lar bastante agressivo:

– O que procuras? Por onde tens andado…?



Eu sei lá – digo. Vivo mergulhado

num mar de ilusões… sempre pensativo.

Mas sigo a jornada preocupado

com o Destino do qual sou cativo…



Será natural tal preocupação?

Não seja apenas uma aspiração

dum futuro pleno de tranquilidade …?



Agora sim… se na realidade

só nasci para amar, ó humanidade

– contigo eu não sinto a solidão…



JLM (Abril, 1959)

João Luis de Medeiros reside em Rancho Mirage, Califórnia

Sao Miguel – the Azores – EX1R by Pixelking

May 2010, I spent 11 days on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores. It was supposed to have been 15 days but the volcanic ash from Iceland shot down the airport in Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel). So, the first four days of my vacation were spent waiting / hoping for change, in Lisbon. I love planning vacations and this vacation had been ‘underway’ for over a year. I use Google maps / Google Earth to ‘scout’ locations see: www.pixelviking.com so 75% of everything you see in this video is from locations that I found via the Panoramio images in Google Earth. The rest are chosen ‘on location’. I chose to stay at Furnas Lake Villas www.furnaslakevillas.pt after seeing their website. Who wouldn’t enjoy that? Well, I did anyway… Had I had the extra money, I would have rented a bigger car than the small Nissan Micra, which turned out to be too small for the gravel roads, especially since the winter had been very wet and the roads were in bad condition. I could of course just have stayed on the ‘real’ roads but what’s the fun in that — I hope these 9 minutes and 28 seconds don’t feel too long. I did my best to push the camcorder to its limits and the work in post also went beyond what I’ve ever done before. I hope that you at least get a good idea about what there is to see in this ‘almost’ paradise…

Carregadores Açoreanos - Sua História

Em 1957, imigrei para os Estados Unidos no navio Monte Brasil, da então companhia Carregadores Açoreanos, onde o meu avô José Inácio Alves foi escrivão por largos anos.
Os tempos trouxeram o desaparecimento desta conceituada empresa, da qual muito se podia aprender nestes dias em que se fala tanto da falta de transportes marítimos de, para e no arquipélago.
Batendo todas as adversidades das crises internacionais, muito teriam que ensinar, esses homens de São Miguel, que com o seu denodo souberam vingar e servir não só os Açores, como o país!

Carregadores Açoreanos
A Sociedade Corretora Limitada, constituída a 22 de Agosto de 1913, promoveu a fundação da sociedade anónima de responsabilidade limitada de comércio marítimo, Companhia de Navegação, designada “Carregadores Açoreanos”, em 15 de Março de 1920, com vista a assegurar o transporte do ananás micaelense para os mercados do Norte da Europa, nomeadamente para os portos de Londres, Hamburgo, Antuérpia e Le Havre. Reza o artigo 3º do pacto social que «o seu objecto é o exercício do comércio marítimo por embarcações a vapor ou de outro sistema e, para esse fim poderá praticar todos os actos ou operações comerciais e financeiras que forem necessárias».
Com um capital social de 2 150 contos insulares, dividido em acções de 100$00 cada, contam-se como sócios fundadores, os subscritores constantes na figura.
Em 1923, o seu capital social foi aumentado para 5 000 000$00.
Cristiano Frazão Pacheco, director delegado da Sociedade Corretora Limitada, impulsionador da empresa, assumiu a primeira administração de Carregadores Açoreanos, narrando, com algumas mágoas, os primeiros tempos da empresa, no seu livro Os Tratos do Linho. Francisco Luís Tavares e, mais tarde, José Honorato Gago da Câmara de Medeiros, visconde do Botelho, sucederam nos destinos da empresa até à sua integração na Empresa Insulana de Navegação.
Após goradas as expectativas em torno da aquisição, em 1920 e em 1921, de dois barcos votados à pesca de alto mar, a empresa, nos finais de 1921, adquiriu o cargueiro Villa Franca, por £ 10 000 esterlinas, para serviço de passageiros e carga, nas rotas de Londres e de Hamburgo. No ano seguinte, adquiriu o Gonçalo Velho (por £ 6000 esterlinas) e, em 1923, o Santa Maria (ex-Koutoubia, por £ 6 000 esterlinas). O naufrágio do Santa Maria, nesse mesmo ano, bem como a venda do dispendioso Gonçalo Velho obrigou os Carregadores Açoreanos a reestruturarem a sua frota e a adquirirem os navios Lagoa (ex-Viana) e o Vila Franca (II) (ex-Espozende), em hasta pública, em Lisboa, por £ 37 380 esterlinas e, em 1925, o Fayal, por £ 4 255. No entanto, era imperioso constituir uma verdadeira frota que assegurasse a regularidade da carreira para Londres e para os portos do Norte da Europa e, por isso, em 1928, foram adquiridos, em Londres, os navios Angra e Gonçalo Velho (II) e, em 1929, o navio Pêro de Alenquer (ex-Coimbra).
Durante os anos trinta, assistiu-se à expansão da empresa, que adquiriu, em 1931, o vapor misto San Miguel, encomendado na Inglaterra, por £ 52 230 esterlinas, e o vapor Corte Real (ex-Peursen), por 950 000 florins e que inaugurou as viagens para os Estados Unidos da América. Com o início da Segunda Guerra, a costa leste americana tornou-se o destino privilegiado da companhia, após o progressivo encerramento dos portos da Europa do Norte. A empresa, em 1943, para responder ao aumento da procura de fretes para aquele destino, adquiriu o navio Sete Cidades (ex-Luise Bornhofen), por 12 500 000$00.
A dimensão dos lucros obtidos nesta rota explica a construção do imponente edifício do Teatro Micaelense, em Ponta Delgada, como forma de aplicação social dos lucros, visto a legislação em vigor impedir a sua aplicação em sectores produtivos diferentes dos da navegação.
Aproveitando o despacho n.º 100 de 10 de Agosto de 1945, que visava a modernização da marinha mercante portuguesa, os Carregadores Açoreanos mandaram construir, na Holanda, em 1948, os navios Ribeira Grande e Monte Brasil; na Inglaterra, em 1949, o Horta e o Vila do Porto; na Suécia, em 1958, o Açores e, em Portugal, em 1960, o Ponta Garça, tendo adquirido, entretanto, em Espanha, em 1951, os navios Lagoa (II) e Sete Cidades (II).
O fim da guerra, o redimensionamento das rotas no Atlântico e o aumento da concorrência internacional afectaram, irremediavelmente, os Carregadores Açoreanos.
Para lutar contra as crescentes dificuldades económicas, em 1970, a empresa Carregadores Açoreanos associou-se à Empresa Insulana de Navegação com vista à racionalização das suas frotas, quer na rota entre os portos do continente e das ilhas, quer na rota do Atlântico Norte com os portos norte americanos. Em 1971, o activo da empresa foi incorporado na Empresa de Tráfego e Estiva, S A, assistindo-se, formalmente, à fusão de Carregadores Açoreanos com a Empresa Insulana de Navegação, a 9 de Dezembro de 1972, sob a nova designação de Empresa Insulana de Navegação, SARL.
O sonho de Cristiano Frazão Pacheco, impulsionador dos Carregadores Açorianos, e de uma elite económica micaelense chegava ao fim. Os Carregadores Açoreanos tinham vingado nos conturbados anos de Entre-Guerras e tinham prosperado durante a Segunda Guerra, mas a paz e a expansão económica durante “os gloriosos 30”, na Europa e na América do Norte, tinham deixado de justificar a sua existência.

O arquivo de Carregadores Açoreanos encontra-se depositado na Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo de Ponta Delgada. Fátima Sequeira Dias (2001)

Bibl. Moraes, A. A. (1998-99), Carregadores Açoreanos e a sua frota. Sep. de Atlântida. Angra do Heroísmo, XLIV: 13-67. Pacheco, C. F. (1970), Os Tratos do Linho. Ponta Delgada, Artes Gráficas.

Sócios fundadores da companhia de navegação Carregadores Açoreanos
subscritor
número de acções

Sociedade Corretora Limitada
7368 (34% do capital)
Banco Micaelense
3005 (14%)
Bensaúde & Companhia
2592 (12%)
Casa Bancária Raposo do Amaral Severim & Comandita
2000
Caixa de Crédito Micaelense Limitada
1081
João de Melo Abreu
1034
Companhia Comercial Açoreana limitada
870
Gil Gago da Câmara
732
Cogumbreiro & Companhia
407
José Augusto Correia e Silva
380
Santos & Botelho
339
José Tavares Carreiro
291
Francisco Carvalhal
300
António Alfredo Teixeira Sucessores
264
Luís Maria de Aguiar
143
Diniz Augusto Teixeira
129
George William Hayes
100
João Tavares Neto
100
José Bensaúde
50
Francisco Luís Tavares
30
Laurénio Tavares
30
Albano Pereira da Ponte
25
Cristiano Frazão Pacheco
25
Francisco Bettencourt de Medeiros e Câmara
25
Gustavo Adolfo de Medeiros
25
Manuel Tavares de Sousa
25
Martim Machado de Faria e Maia
25
Albano Azevedo Oliveira
25
José Bruno Tavares Carreiro
20
Luís Benevides
20
Luiz Soares de Souza Sucessores
20
Luís Bettencourt de Medeiros e Câmara
10
Pedro Correia Machado
10

IN- Enciclopédia Açoriana
Centro de Conhecimento dos Acores
http://pg.azores.gov.pt//drac//cca/enciclopedia/ver.aspx?id=1393

A minha terra by Eduardo Wallenstein

The weather in the Azores, has been exceptional. Just look at this sunset taken at Relva, S. Miguel, Azores by Eduardo Wallenstein.

Lages Field, Terceira, the beginning - 1º filme nos a Açores 23-11-1943 (Ilha Terceira)

Versão em português
Excerto de um documentário da RTP Açores sobre a presença da RAF na Ilha Terceira e a construção da Base das Lajes.
Chegada dos militares ingleses em Outubro de 1943, data a partir da qual começou a construção da Base das Lajes, utilizada também pelos norte-americanos a partir de 1944.

Ameijoas da Caldeira de Santo Cristo - Clams Caldeira do Santo Cristo Style

As inigualáveis amêijoas da Caldeira do Santo Cristo, apanhadas e comidas à beira da lagoa.
Reportagens: retrato turístico da Caldeira do Santo Cristo.
Cozinheira: Elisabete Borges
Convidado: Décio Pereira, Presidente da Direcção da Associação Amigos da Caldeira

The Caldeira do Santo Cristo in the island of São Jorge in the Azores creates an environment for the growing of clams in a controlled manner that offer a unique flavor to the palate.
This program is part of a series, produced at Portuguese television in the Azores RTP/A, entitled Sabores das Ilhas - Tastes of the Islands.
Although the program is in Portuguese, following is the recipe for the preparation of Clams Caldeira do Santo Cristo Style.
Recipe:4 persons
3.3 lbs. Clams
1 Medium onion - finely chopped
2 Cloves of garlic - finely chopped
4 TSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2.5 TSP Vegetable oil
1 Bay leaf
7 Sprigs of Parsley
1 tsp of ground cumin
1 TSP Sweet Paprika
1 TSP Wine Vinegar
Fresh ground Black Pepper to taste
Sauté onion, and garlic in olive oil and vegetable until golden. Add spices, and vinegar, mix well and add clams and cover. Cook at medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove pot from the stove and agitate. Add parsley sprigs.
Check to see that clams are open and agitate once again. Continue cooking until all clams are open and cooked.
Serve immediately with a artisan bread and a chilled Rosé wine.
Free translations: JMLA

STILL UNDECIDED... 10 reasons to visit Portugal

"10 reasons to visit Portugal" is the 2nd video produced by the admins of Facebook page "1 million fans of Portugal". If you are curious about Portugal or love Portugal, we invite you to click the link below and become a fan. It's one of the fastest growing community page on Facebook gaining more than 10,000 fans every month. You will love it here. http://www.facebook.com/1millionfansofportugal

Point Loma 85th

As seen on by Wonderland San Diego presented by Noah Taffola's Gravy Productions http://www.wonderlandsd.com

Point Loma High School, where most of the sons and daughters from the Portuguese Community went to school and excelled in academics, arts and sports.
Enjoy!
A escola secundária Point Loma High School, onde muitos dos filhos da comunidade portuguesa foram alunos e onde demonstraram a sua excelêcia em letras, artes e desporto.

The battle for Lisbon’s best pastry

On the streets winding up, down and around the seven hills that comprise Lisbon, and in town plazas throughout the country, the pastelaria or confeitaria (pastry shop) is a mainstay of the Portuguese neighbourhood.

Pastelarias in Portugal stay busy throughout the day as customers pop in to purchase boxes of pastries, or pause for a bit to savour baked morsels and coffee. Rows of flaky, palm-sized pastries fill window displays in stacked pans. The golden-brown confections complement the colour scheme of typical Portuguese architecture: from the burnt orange roofs to the clean white buildings to decorative hues that resemble the colour of butter.

Rather than using elaborate toppings or mouldings, the Portuguese keep their baked goods simple. Each type of pastry varies only slightly from the next, and they often come topped or filled with a sweet, gooey custard. The fundamental ingredient is the egg yolk, which is used in as many ways as possible.

The archetypal Portuguese pastry is the pastel de nata, a custard tart with hints of lemon, cinnamon and vanilla, often sprinkled with powdered sugar and easily consumed in a few bites. It resembles a tiny pie, and the baked, creamy egg custard is cupped in the centre. Throughout the country, the pastel de nata is so adored that discussions about which shop makes the best often become enlivened debates.

Many believe that this sacred Portuguese pastry is found in its most heavenly form at the Antiga Confeitaria de Belem (commonly known as the Pastéis de Belém), located west of downtown Lisbon. It is believed that the first-ever version of this dessert was baked in the same spot more than 200 years ago by nuns at theMosteiro dos Jerónimos, which adjoins the pastry shop. Nuns are credited with creating many of the country’s pastries, and some say the egg yolk became a central ingredient in Portuguese baking because the nuns used so many egg whites to starch their attire.

Pastéis de Belém has been in operation since 1837, and the same, closely guarded recipe has been followed since that very first year. A few “master confectioners” are the only ones who know the art, and they concoct batches of the confection within the confines of a “secret” room in the shop. It is the most-frequented pastry shop in the whole of Portugal, but it is not just tourists who bring the volume of traffic. Locals also know it as the best spot for their most beloved pastries.

Those on a tight schedule order their pastries to take away from the dapper, bow-tied staff behind the counter. Others eat at a table in one of the cafe’s multiple seating areas, adorned with painted blue and white tiles, just steps from the Belem Tower -- a monument from which numerous Portuguese expeditions have set sail.

Lisbon’s kingly Pastelaria Versailles (Avenida da Republica 15 A, 351-21-354-63-40) is a young cafe in comparison, dating back to 1932, but many claim Versailles’ pastel de nata rivals the recipe found at Pastéis de Belém. The sign outside, written in a fanciful script, foretells the baroque-style interior, marked with rich woods, ornate mirrors and staffed with smartly dressed waiters. The cafe is a National Heritage site and is one of the most famous cafes in the country, though its location slightly north of the city discourages tourists from making it for a breakfast or teatime pastry. Other favourites on offer include croissants stuffed with custard or pudim flã (a Portuguese flan).

Pre-dating the Pastéis de Belém, Confeitaria Nacional opened in the capital city in 1829 and once served as the Portuguese monarchy’s official bakery, supplying the family with their daily choice of sweets. The traditional Bolo Rei fruitcake is a house specialty and a must for Portuguese Christmas tables. Though theBolo Rei is originally a French recipe, the Confeitaria was the first to introduce it to Portugal and the bakery has adopted the dessert as their own. The bakery also sets out favourites such asqueijadas de Sintra, a pastry that originated in Sintra, a town 30 minutes northwest of Lisbon, and features a sweet, light cheese in addition to many of the same ingredients as the pastel de nata. Like many pastry shops in Portugal, it is family-owned.

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13 January 2012|By Karina Martinez-Carter

TUNA! CELEBRATING SAN DIEGO'S FAMOUS FISHING INDUSTRY

Mark your calendar -
April 21, 2012 to December 31, 2012

TUNA! Celebrating San Diego's Famous Fishing Industry showcases the tuna industry in San Diego over the course of 100 years, focusing on the era when San Diego was the world’s tuna fishing capital, from the 1920s until the 1960s. During this time, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese families formed enclaves that thrived along San Diego Bay—each involved in the tuna fishing industry working either on the boats, in the canneries or building the ships and sewing the nets used by the fishermen.

This major family-oriented exhibit lets visitors view the world through the eyes of these families and will include hands-on pole-fishing demonstration stations, packing and canning activities and taking a trip down memory lane with favorite icons of the era like Charlie the Tuna™ and others. Hear their stories and experience what it was like to work in this industry that, for a time, made San Diego the center of the tuna fishing universe.
San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado, Suite 3, San Diego, California 92101 - Phone: (619) 232-620

Tuna Crews That Fished to Fame Cited : Glory Days Recalled, Demise Is Lamented at Statue's Unveiling

October 27, 1986|LEONARD BERNSTEIN | Times Staff Writer
The men who worked and died to make San Diego the once-thriving hub of tuna fishing were remembered Sunday, as the Tunaman's Memorial Statue was unveiled in a ceremony tinged with regret over the decline of the Southern California tuna industry.
From the 1940s, when San Diego was home port to nearly 300 tuna vessels and site of six canneries, the city's share of the industry has shrunk to perhaps 60 vessels because of foreign competition founded on cheap labor. The last San Diego cannery closed in 1984.
Now, with the exception of a single cannery in San Pedro, American tuna canning is based in Puerto Rico and American Samoa. San Diego is a stopping point on the way to San Pedro, a place where tuna seiners come in for repairs, said August Felando, president of the American Tuna Boat Assn.
But the Portuguese Historical Center, and particularly the late tuna boat captain Anthony Mascarenhas, were determined that the city's 85-year-old connection with the tuna industry would not be forgotten.
The monument "was born out of the idea that the tuna men should be remembered for their contribution to San Diego and the world," said Jose Alves, president of the center. Erected south of the fishing pier on Shelter Island, the 16-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicts Portuguese, Italian and Japanese tuna men reeling in a "three-man fish"--a tuna big enough to require the work of all three, said sculptor Franco Vianello.
Mascarenhas led the five-year drive to raise $100,000 to build the monument and the fight to find it a site. He died last year, shortly before the sculpture was completed, Alves said.
According to Felando, San Diego tuna men in the early part of the century expanded tuna fishing into the South Pacific and later the Atlantic. During World War II, 49 vessels became part of the U.S. Navy, "participating in every major naval campaign in the Pacific," with the loss of 21 boats, he said.
After the war, when the development of "purse seine" or net fishing replaced the old rod-and-reel technique, the development here of huge, sleek "seiners" revolutionized the field and was copied around the world, Felando said.
But cheap foreign labor and U.S. tariff policies soon hurt American tuna fishing, and the exodus from Southern California began, despite the fact that today world tuna consumption is as strong as ever, Felando said.
Sunday, Mascarenhas' wife, Rita, laid a wreath on the monument and his sons, Leonard and Michael, threw one into the bay to commemorate dead tuna men.
"This memorial will mean many things to many people," Felando said. "Some will recall the men who were lost, the boats (that were) lost." Others will remember the tuna men's "strength, vitality and willingness to take a risk," he said.

I ran across this article while doing research. I thought it was interesting to revisit what was said in 1986 when the Tunaman's Memorial was dedicated. JMLA