Sunday, November 08, 2009

PortuGaliza



Portugal and Galiza are regions with the same culture, language and ethnic people. Portugal is a creation of the galego's genius. Portugal is Galiza who extended their conquest through south from what we called Southern Gallaecia (today northern Portugal).

In the Galician borderline with Portugal, what is promoted is not only the clichés of the thought as “different” (i.e.: landscape, beaches, green, gastronomy, handcraft, cultural heritage, sportive activities, etc.), but also the
“resemblance” and the cultural identity Galician-Portuguese.

In PortuGaliza it is built an imaginary of the Galician-Portuguese recognized as a positive value, it is pointed out what joins and not what separates.

The Iberian democracies, the entrance in the European
Union, the new ways of communication and the circulation of euro have contributed to warp the Iberian borders and the limits that it conserves are studied by the anthropology, the said mental limits.
The above-mentioned factors have allowed not only the erasing of the borders as a process of re-inventing the borderline, beyond border and transnational identities. The tourism and specially the tourist images constitute a
field of special importance to observe and to analyze these identities and the processes of identifications.

Wit regards about the language, I may infer from its very wording that portuguese is, actually, cultivated Galician, or modern Galician. In conclusion, it seems to be more genuine and faithful to conceive Galegophone instead of Lusophone.

If you agree please help by joining the PortuGaliza group on Facebook. Here you will find more useful links.


Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further informations.

Kind Regards,

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