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TERRAS DE CAMBRA | Terras de Cambra | |
GRUPO ETNOGRAFICO TERRAS DE CAMBRA
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The Ethnographic Group ‘Terras de Cambra’, founded in 1973, is made up
of people from various social and age status. The group claims to make the faithful
representation of the dances, the songs, the way of living of people from
Cambra, in the late XIX century, beginning of the XX century. The region of Cambra stands between ‘Beira
Litoral’ and ‘Beira Alta’ in the part west of the ‘Gralheira’
mountains. In his permanent activity the G.E.T.C. looks for
the fulfilling of many activities meanwhile: International Folklore
Festivals; Intrnational Cultural Interchanges; Congress and Folkloric
Expositions. The
G.E.T.C. has taken part of many festivals in
many countries: 1987, 1989, 1994 in France; 1988, 1991 in Spain; 1990 in
former Yugoslavia; 1992 in the Netherlands; 1993 in Germany; 1994 in
Austria; 1995 in Hungary and Brasil. |