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Dance and Sings
The Dance and Santo had always been gifts in the life of the people of Perre, as form to express a physical necessity, a desire that if raises of the soul, a manifestation of joy, wants in the drudgery of the field, wants in the pilgrimages or the way of them. Of one it forms generality to sing allude them to the agricultural work, to the saints protectors, or the love. The dances for its side follow the rhythm tax for the instruments. Rhythm this that in this region of the Minho divides two types of dances: Vira - of ternary compass - and the Chula - of quaternary compass. In both the dancers describe gracious forms, touching the ground with the shoes, socos and chinelas, to the rhythm of the melodies that echo of the accordions and the ropes of the instruments. Of well raised arms, circling to each step, men and women they saltitam alive demonstrating the dances of old. Sings and collected dances were dance when of the work of the field in situations as the threshed huskings of maize and of the maize, the espadeladas ones, lines and dobadas of the hemp, the threshed one of the wheat in the ground, or the sachada one of the maize. But to the Sundays and days saints, per the afternoon, the young in the places of fetichism of the some places of the village joined itself, or even though in the chapels and they sang and they danced there. In the Winter or to the night it was more usual to see them in the halls of the houses of farmers, where it did not lack the "nectar" to kill the headquarters. Vira Serrano Such as the proper name indicates, and for its mark slow rhythm, it was a subject interpreted in the works of the mount. In this Group this subject is used as form of entrance in stage, where to each it squares sung, is presented the different pictures of suits. Vira de Perre Dance in line, composed for six markings, with men and made use women of alternating form. “Sou de Perre, sou de Perre Desfolhadas Characteristic subject in the nights of you take away the leaves them where if they interpreted subjects as this. “As desfolhadas em Perre Laranja ao Ar Dance of wheel, quaternary, very usual rhythm in the adros of the chapels. The gestures of the dancers represent what the cantadeiras interpret. “Laranja ao ar Laurinha
Perre also was known for the serenade that the single youngsters dedicated to girls. One of these girls - of its Laurinha name - saw its love to death. To cheer youngsters they had dedicated musics to it as this. It is a wheel dance, where the refrão is marked by the exchange of pairs. “Laurinha estava chorando Chula Nova This melody, of well glad rhythm, is one of chulas danced old in this clientele. Starting with the pairs made use in line, it passes a circular form and it finishes of new in line. The letter praid thus: “Ora agora viras tu Margarida Moleira Perre also is land crossed for rivers, in the edge of which exists moved mills the water (azenhas). This song alludes to the work developed in one of these mills for one girl called Margarida. “Ó Margarida moleira Olha A Barca
Sung for the rapões of Perre when they went it beach to clean the remaining portions of the brought fished one in the boats, this subject speaks of the sea and the love. Although to be a melody only sung, emphasize it of women and of men it executes movements of I balance contrary that in carry them to it I pack of the waves. “Olha a Barca, olha a Barca Ó Ramo Ó Lindo Ramo Plus one of songs traditional in the High Minho, sung in diverse occasions, as in the sachadas ones of the maize, or the way of the pilgrimage, using for this you square untied. “Ó ramo ó lindo ramo Enleio One dances of line based on a melody of the allusive songs to the love. “Ai enleio que me enleaste Senhor Da Serra
The way of one of the pilgrimages most traditional of the High Minho - in the Mountain range d'Arga - where if they pass seven mountain ranges to arrive there, in the intervals where oldest they rested, the young dance newdances as this. “Ai ó meu Senhor Rosinha Common dance to all the groups, where sing a song to one girl - Rosinha. It is presented in line. “Ó minha Rosinha eu hei-de te amar Viva O Nosso Grupo A subject, in march rhythm, that old was danced for a group of young that if congregated to the Sundays in the afternoon in the places of fetichism of the village. Today it is presented by this group also with the interrest to invite the assistance to participate. “Viva o nosso grupo Laurindinha Song very known in the Minho and that also it was interpreted for the people of Perre in the most diverse works. “Eu contigo ia ia Olha O Gaio The way of the pilgrimages also sang it "Olha o Gaio", allusive to a bird that represents the love. “Ó Palmirinha olha o gaio e olha o gaio Vira do Zé
One of the eldest players of this village was known for Zé. Was it who created this melody in its concertina, and to which the young adaptaram some steps of dance. “Ó Perre tu és Chula Batida Another one chula, where the rhythm goes speeding up, considered by some as "a devilish" dance. Vira Do Manel
One another musician of Perre - of its name Manuel - wrote this melody, that is danced in line. Contra-Dança
This that it is the "Silver of the House" of this group, is the known dance oldest in Perre. Danced È has about 200 years, and thinks that she will have been brought for this village for emigrants who worked in France or England. Of palacian rhythm, the markings demonstrate the nobility of this dance, where the trimmed vénia predominate. Vira-Geral
The subject with that the pilgrimages finish all it High Minho, where all people is invited to participate entering in the joy of the traditions of this region. But first, a pair demonstrates the rules of the dance... Ó Solidão It was with subjects as this that the gentes of Perre if dislocated for the mounted ones and in the return of these. Of slow rhythm, today it is presented by this group aquando of the exit of stage, symbolizing the return departure the house. “Eu vou por ai a baixo, ó solidão, solidão |
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