Neo-Latin Peoples:The Portuguese

PART OF THE SERIES ON THE NEO-LATIN PEOPLES
The neo-latin peoples are descendants of the European populations latinized during the Roman Empire.Their languages, part of the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family and as such, share many similarities. This series is devoted to them, attempting to show:
a)Folklore, traditions and culture
b) Faces of ordinary people of today, human landscapes
c) Famous people of that ethnicity, in different fields.

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PORTUGUESE

The Portuguese are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Roman province of Lusitania.
Famous Portuguese (from 02.20.00):
St. Anthony of Padua (born Fernando Martins de Bolhões) (1195-1231), Franciscan theologian and one of the most popular Catholic saints
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) initiator of the Age of Discoveries
Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), discoverer of the maritime way to India
Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) (1480-1527), navigator, leader of the first expedition around the world.
Luiz Vaz de Camões (1524-1580), poet, author of the Lusiades
Fernando Pessoa (1880-1935), multilingual poet
Miguel Torga (1907-1995), poet, dramatist, novelist
José Saramago (born 1922), Nobel Prize-winning novelist
Manoel de Oliveira (born 1908), filmmaker, the oldest active film director in the world
Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999), musician
José Manuel Durão Barroso (born 1956), politician, currently (2009) President of the European Commission
Paula Moreira (born 1975), neuroscientist, leading authority on Alzheimers disease
Rosa Mota (born 1958), first Olympic champion in womens marathon
Luis Figo (born 1972), football/soccer player
Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985), currently (2009), most expensive football/soccer player in history
Music:Two fados:Zanguei-me com meu amor sung by Tina Santos and Uma casa portuguesa sung by Amalia Rodrigues.

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[GustavoRiera89]

PORTUGUESE ARE CATHOLICS ARABES !!!!

[ukusapillage]

dna tests say that 10$ arab 40 jewish rest celtic visigothic etc

[cuzcatlan36]

more arabs than latin

[Tusiriakest]

the romans and the arabes had empires...they didn't came here with there population...they would conquer the lands with the people in them... only the lusitanians, celts and visigoths mixed in what is now Portugal. That's way most Portuguese people have brown mixed with green eyes. way brighter eyes then the spanish(were arabes instaled people from north africa). So yes, Portuguese are celtic, more celtic then iberian even... and rarely with arab mixed.

[NixonisLord]

Fado-a saudade portuguesa.

[Youtubitiano]

@CrisFerry problem is when the muslims invaded Portugal, because we play the bagpipe (portuguese bagpipe) we have celtic dances, ruins of celtic populations, and the Romans described us as a celtic people!

[StellandBlood]

@CrisFerry

Or you are very ignorant or you have a severe sight problem.

[CrisFerry]

@StellandBlood Celtic with that dark skin and hair!? LOL!!! Don't be ridiculous. We look more arabic than arabs themselves.

[StellandBlood]

We are keltic,just because we speak this horrid dialect,imposed to us by the romans and latinized germanics,doesn´t make us latins.

[AugustusAurelianus1]

@kenzoyur - In addition, there are several million people which speak our language in Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatoria, São Tome & Príncipe) as well as in Oceania (East-Timor), and in Asia (MACAU-in China, next to H.Kong - and in GOA-India) - altogether we are a global community totalling over 230 million people.