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You cannot rate music on the personal choices an artists makes in their personal lives. So the bullfighting comment below gives no bearing on the wonderul, beautufil exotic music we call fado.
Mariza has put together another Faboulous compilation of Fado with a touch of her unique voice and style. It is amazing cd that has brought world wide recognition to Fado and the music of Portugal. Turn down the lights, take a glass of red wine, put in mariza and imagine yourself in a small cafe in Lisbon...enjoy!

The world must know that, sadly enough, fado is strongly connected to bullfights. Virtually every fado singer attends bullfights. And Mariza seems to be no exception, since she will sing on one tonight!

In the Portuguese bullfights, the bull is brutally expelled from the pen to the bullring where he will face the rider who will stab him with several harpoons ("banderillas"). Due to the intense pain the bull tries without success to chase the rider in order to defend himself, but inevitably the only sufferer will be the horse, even if the horns of the bull are padded. When the bull is exhausted, his body pierced by several banderillas causing extremely pain and torment, 8 men ("forcados") enter in the bullring. 7 of these men assault the bull, grabbing the head, whilst the remaining one grasps the tail eventually immobilizing the weakened animal (more info here: http://www.iwab.org/intro.html)

Although fado is very beautiful, I will not support people who support torture against innocent animals. And I cannot understand how Mariza can sponsor this torture against innocent animals. I wish she was as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. And I wish I had never bought her CDs...

The world must know that, sadly enough, fado is strongly connected to bullfights. Virtually every fado singer attends bullfights. And Mariza seems to be no exception, since she will sing on one tonight!

In the Portuguese bullfights, the bull is brutally expelled from the pen to the bullring where he will face the rider who will stab him with several harpoons ("banderillas"). Due to the intense pain the bull tries without success to chase the rider in order to defend himself, but inevitably the only sufferer will be the horse, even if the horns of the bull are padded. When the bull is exhausted, his body pierced by several banderillas causing extremely pain and torment, 8 men ("forcados") enter in the bullring. 7 of these men assault the bull, grabbing the head, whilst the remaining one grasps the tail eventually immobilizing the weakened animal (more info here: http://www.iwab.org/intro.html)

Although fado is very beautiful, I will not support people who support torture against innocent animals. And I cannot understand how Mariza can sponsor this torture against innocent animals. I wish she was as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. And I wish I had never bought her CDs...