25 de Abril

lusitano
By lusitano

Messages to the Portuguese in Doha:

 

Ha' algum evento em Doha para celebrar o 25 de Abril?

Se alguem souber de algo, comuniquem.

Obrigado

Wink

By anonymous• 23 Apr 2008 12:38
anonymous

well

By lusitano• 22 Apr 2008 21:02
lusitano

Thank you all for your help.

the reason I wrote the message in portuguese was because I am trying to target portuguese speakers (and exclude supernurses ). Nothing against others, its just I was looking for the cultural common ground to celebrate this special day.

 

Orxy,

thank you for your input. You seam to know about the day Portugal celebates freedom and democracy.

Do you know about any celebration? 

 

It does mean a lot to us, as you mentionned it ended a few decades of dictatorship and a few centuries of imperial colonialism.

On 25 April 1974, the army took over the fascist government without any killings. instaed they put carnations in their machine guns and it is also known as the carnation revolution. 

 

If you want know more about it, click here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution

 

Portugal is now a free and democratic country where for example its ranked on 8th position for freedom of press compared, to 48th place to the USA and 79th for Qatar.

 

 

By Oryx• 21 Apr 2008 22:38
Oryx

I think it is when they got rid of their dictator Salazar in 74....

and thus became a democracy...

actually doesn't sound huge but it had a massive effect on their colonies in Africa.  an excellent book was written about the exodus from Angola.....

Another Day in Life  by Ryszard Kapuscinski 

Salazar's downfall it was the catalyst for 27 years civil war in Angola and I think around 16 years in Mozambique...so millions were effected.

 

 

By Oryx• 21 Apr 2008 22:33
Oryx

Is there anything going on in Doha to celebrate the 25th April?

Please get in contact with me.

 

Give the lad some Bovril!

By anonymous• 21 Apr 2008 21:49
anonymous

that means sweet FA to me...

By novita77• 21 Apr 2008 21:37
novita77

http://www.qatarliving.com/user/lucas

 

The only ppl i know on this site from Lisbon and he havent visiting this site for ages.  

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