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Emigrants from Madeira also influenced the creation of new musical instruments. In the 1880s, the ukulele was created, based on two small guitar-like instruments of Madeiran origin, the cavaquinho and the rajão. The ukulele was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira and Cape Verde. [1]
Viola de arame: the viola de arame is similar to the viola braguesa and may have a sound hole in the shape of two hearts, a half moon, or an oval. It is common on Madeira and the Azores, and has nine strings arranged in five courses: 2-2-2-1-2. Viola braguesa: the viola braguesa is an instrument resembling the guitar strung with five steel ...
The politics of Madeira, Portugal, takes place in the framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy and of a pluriform multi-party system. The Representative of the Republic exercises some reserve powers on behalf of the President of the Portuguese Republic .
Independence from Portugal was declared in 1973 after a long struggle."Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" ("This Is Our Beloved Country"), composed by Xiao He with words by Amílcar Cabral, is the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau, as it was of Cape Verde until 1996.
The election replaced all 47 members of the Madeira Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region. The incumbent president, Miguel Albuquerque from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), led a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party , and defended the dominance of the ...
The Paraguayan harp is the national instrument of Paraguay, the result of the confluence of European and Guarani musical cultures.Derived from the classical angular harp, introduced during the Spanish colonization in the Jesuit Guarani Missions.