* Fernando Ribeiro ( born 1962 ), vocalist of the Portuguese metal band Moonspell

Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd ( also called a guampa, porongo or mate in Spanish, or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese, or zucca in Italian ) with a metal straw ( a bombilla in Spanish, bomba in Portuguese ) is a common social practice in Uruguay, Argentina and southern Brazil among people of all ages ; the beverage is most popular in Uruguay, where people are seen walking on the street carrying the " mate " and " termo " in their arms and where you can find hot water stations to refill the " termo " while on the road, Paraguay, Peru and Chile, eastern Bolivia and other states of Brazil, and has been cultivated in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.

If Amália is still the most recognizable Portuguese name in music, today the biggest exportations are bands like Moonspell ( metal ), Madredeus ( fado and folk inspired ), Buraka Som Sistema ( electro / kuduro / breakbeat ), Da Weasel, Sandro G ( hip hop ), Blasted Mechanism ( experimental electro-rock ) or Wraygunn ( rock, blues ), and artists like Mariza ( fado ).

When the Portuguese reached Sulawesi in 1511, they found Makassar a thriving cosmopolitan entre-port where Chinese, Arabs, Indians, Siamese, Javanese, and Malays came to trade their manufactured metal goods and fine textiles for precious pearls, gold, copper, camphor and spices-nutmeg, cloves and mace imported from the interior and the neighbouring Spice Islands of Maluku.

Moonspell is a Portuguese heavy metal band.

Moonspell reached the Portuguese top first with their album Sin / Pecado, and were, along with Metallica and Iron Maiden, the only metal band to reach the first place of the Portuguese charts after the release of their album, Memorial, in 2006.

With Memorial, Moonspell also became the first Portuguese heavy metal band to have a record certified gold status.

Memorial achieved gold status in Portugal after selling 10, 000 copies, making Moonspell the first Portuguese doom metal band to achieve that.

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* The song " Herr Spiegelmann " from the Portuguese gothic-doom metal band Moonspell contains an excerpt from the book.

* UMM ( União Metalo-Mecânica ), a metal works factory and former Portuguese automobile manufacturer

* Ramp ( band ), a Portuguese heavy metal band

Also, the metal jingles ( called platinelas in Portuguese ) are cupped, creating a crisper, drier and less sustained tone on the pandeiro than on the tambourine.

Portugal had a vibrant underground progressive rock scene in the 1970s, which included bands like Petrus Castrus ( Misterios E Maravilhas ), Jose Cid ( 10, 000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte ) and Tarantula ( Kingdom of Lusitania ), the latest being considered by many to be the first metal Portuguese act.

Irreligious is the second studio album album by Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, released 1996.

Industry, particularly metal works, thrived in the city during the 1960s, when São Bernardo do Campo became known as Brazil's Automobile Capital ( Portuguese: a Capital do Automóvel ).

They often borrowed elements from other music, among which were the main riff of the Portuguese Vira (" Vira-Vira "), Northeastern Brazilian rhythms like forró (" Jumento Celestino "), Mexican music (" Pelados em Santos "), heavy metal (" Débil Metal "), sertanejo (" Bois Don't Cry "), and even pagode (" Lá Vem o Alemão ").

** The Portuguese metal band Clutter ( band )

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Da Weasel's work now blended influences from hip-hop, heavy metal, reggae and African music to produce a unique melange that was still undeniably Portuguese.

On the northern façade flanking the staircase are two inscriptions in metal: on the left, " AO INFANTE D. HENRIQVE E AOS PORTVGVESES QVE DESCOBRIRAM OS CAMINHOS DO MAR " ( To Prince Henry and the Portuguese that Discovered the Roads of the Sea ) over a metal anchor ; and, on the right, the words " NO V CENTENÁRIO DO INFANTE D. HENRIQVE 1460 – 1960 " ( On the Fifth centenary of Prince Henry 1460 – 1960 ), over a crown of laurel.

The Albanian, Macedonian, Portuguese for Africa, Serbian, and English for the Caribbean services were closed ; the Russian, Ukranian, Mandarin Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Azeri and Spanish for Cuba services ceased broadcasting a radio service and the Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Nepali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi services ceased transmission on the short wave band.

At the age of 12, she began writing songs, and as a teenager, she performed in a Portuguese marching band.

Allying himself with Ternate's ruler, Serrão constructed a fortress on that tiny island and served as the head of a mercenary band of Portuguese seamen under the service of one of the two local feuding sultans who controlled most of the spice trade.

In contrast, the Portuguese band Moonspell had a brief tenure in the genre.

* Tara Perdida, a Portuguese punk rock band

Aenima is a Portuguese gothic rock band formed in Almada in 1997.

* Type ( band ), name of Portuguese DJ and musician Cyz ( Cynthia Zamorano )

Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917.

Allying himself with Ternate's ruler, Serrão constructed a fortress on that tiny island and served as the head of a mercenary band of Portuguese seamen under the service of one of the two local feuding sultans who controlled most of the spice trade.

* The Gift ( band ), a Portuguese pop / rock band

An example of a popular Portuguese rock band, having a long history, is Xutos & Pontapés who've been playing for over 30 years and are known widely throughout Portugal, as well as Mão Morta, a unique and controversial group with 25 years of existence.

Ana da Silva founding member of the cult post-punk band The Raincoats is of Portuguese origin.

It quoted one of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms, Álvaro de Campos, on his poem " Opiário ", and its music video featured the character of poet writing in a bar with the band playing.

During 2003 the band recorded a cover of the jazz standard " I'll See You in My Dreams " for the soundtrack of the Portuguese short zombie horror film of the same name.

* Nevada ( Portuguese band )

* U. M. M., a Portuguese EBM band

On November 2, 2006, Moonspell won an MTV Europe Music Award in the category of Best Portuguese Act.

The Portuguese metal-band Moonspell composed a song called " Trebaruna " which is a celebration of the goddess.

* Memorial ( Moonspell album ), a 2006 album by the Portuguese metal band Moonspell