People and Items from all Over the World

Between the squares of Figueira, Martim Moniz and Chile, we find things and people from many places in the world. Instead of just looking at the cityscape (which we also do), we can experience it through the practices that, since time immemorial, connect humans wit each other. An attitude that is more performative than contemplative, if you will. The tour is punctuated by stops to eat, drink, look at and buy small things. Whether selling or making them, we encounter people. The human, cultural and ethnic diversity found here is unique in Lisbon. That’s why traversing these spaces is to engage with material and culinary cultures very close to us. However, for that to happen, one must decide to seek them out.

Duration: 36 minutes

Level of difficulty: Easy

Starting point: Figueira square
Ends at: Chile square

SOUNDWALK

Music:

– Act I: Engagement Before Separation, Enping Cantonese Opera Troupe in Cantonese Opera: The Delayed Return of My Husband Vol. 1, China Record Corporation, 2006

– Zai Mei Bian, Leehom Wang, in Heroes of Earth, Homeboy Music Inc./Taiwan Branch, 2005

– Rang Sari Gulabi Chunariya, Shobha Gurtu, Saregama Hindustani Classical

– 你快樂所以我快樂 (You Are Happy So I Am Happy), Faye Wong, in 王菲 (Faye Wong), A Production House/EMI, 1997

– Dama Dam Mast Qalandar, Nooran Sisters, at Dhaka International FolkFest 2016

– Andorinhas, Ana Moura, in Casa Guilhermina, 2022

– Rangisari, Kanishk Seth & Kavita Seth, in Jugjugg Jeeyo, T-Series, 2022

Credits:
Filomena Silvano (author and voiceover)
Beatriz Caetano Bento (production and voiceover introduction and end credits)
Dizplay Soundlab (production and sound design)

Acknowledgements:
João Rui Guerra da Mata, José Mapril, Theresa Cabau, Tsang Yeuk Wa