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News channel or source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/people-and-entertainment/20230314-afghan-musicians-in-portugal-tell-of-cultural-genocide
Published on: Tuesday 14 March 2023
Braga (Portugal) (AFP) – "We are here to save our music," proclaims Ramiz, a young Afghan musician who has been welcomed in Portugal, along with other students from the national music school he left ...
News Portugal » Braga » Music: ‘The Taliban tried to silence us’: the musicians who escaped to Portugal
News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/22/the-taliban-tried-to-silence-us-the-afghan-musicians-who-escaped-to-portugal
Published on: Monday 22 July 2024
With music now a crime in Afghanistan, Braga has become one of the few places where the practice is being preserved A stone’s throw from Portugal’s oldest cathedral and buzzing bakeries serving up ...
News Portugal » Braga » Music: Braga’s full of food and history: Swap overcrowded Porto for Portugal's new capital of culture
News channel or source: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2025/02/14/swap-porto-for-portugals-new-capital-of-culture
Published on: Friday 14 February 2025
Founded in Roman times as Bracara Augusta over two thousand years ago, Portugal's oldest city has a little-known cultural offering. Historic Braga is fast becoming an arts epicentre, with their ...