The document discusses Portugal's entry to the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest called "Desfolhada Portuguesa", performed by Simone de Oliveira. It describes the song's lyrics written by Ary dos Santos that express love for Portugal by comparing it to the love from conceiving a child. It also discusses the song "Grândola Vila Morena" by Zeca Afonso that became associated with Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution against the authoritarian Estado Novo regime when it was broadcast as a signal to start the coup. The regime had banned many songs for their political messages.

1. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS AUGUSTO
CABRITA
Portugal – 2015/2016
70 years of European History
Poland 2016

2. MUSIC

3. CONTEXTUALIZATION OF
“DESFOLHADA PORTUGUESA”
• "Desfolhada Portuguesa" was the song that
represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest in
1969.
• This song was performed, in Portuguese, by Simone
de Oliveira.

4. CONTEXTUALIZATION OF
“DESFOLHADA PORTUGUESA”
• Lyrics by Ary dos Santos
• Music by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes

5. ARY DOS SANTOS
• José Carlos Ary dos Santos, or just Ary dos Santos
was one of the most relevant names of the
Portuguese popular poetry of the 20th century.

6. ARY DOS SANTOS
• During his career, Ary also wrote several revolutionary poems, for
political intervention, about the Estado Novo regime's, and the
need of freedom which led him to be called the poet of the
revolution.
• Ary was against the Estado Novo regime’s. He was homosexual
and he died at age of 46 from cirrhosis.

7. “QUEM FAZ UM FILHO FÁ-LO
POR GOSTO”

8. LYRICS
• Desfolhada Portuguesa (Inglês)
Portuguese Husking
Body of linen, lips of must
My lovely body, my burning fire
Threshing-floor, August moonlight
Who conceives a child, does it for pleasure
It's red maize, red coloured maize
Flesh wart, grain of love
Son of a king that, being old
Grows back when times are warm
My word spoken at the rising sun's light
My dawning madrigal
Love, love, love, love, present love
In every husked corncob
Lalalala lalalala lala lalala...
Lala lala lalalala...
Lalalala lalalala lala lalala...
Lalalala lala lala...
My green pine root
My blue sky touching the ridge
Oh, my sorrow and my thirstiness
To the sea, south of my homeland
Lalai lala lalai lala lalala lai la...
Lala lalai la lalai lala...
Lalai lala lalai lala lalala lai la...
Lalalalai... lai lai lai lai...

9. My green pine root
My blue sky touching the ridge
Oh, my sorrow and my thirstiness
To the sea, south of my homeland
It's blond maize, it's beyond Tagus
My country at this moment
The sun burns it, the wind kisses it
Extatic corn-field in motion
My word spoken at the rising sun's light
My dawning madrigal
Love, love, love, love, present love
In every husked corncob
Lalalala lalalala lala lalala...
Lala lalala lalalala...
Lalalala lalalala lala lalala...
Lalalala lala lala...
Almond eyes, obscure well
Where my misfortune is protected
Hidden moor, enchanted moor
Forfeited legend, found legend
Oh, my homeland, my adventure
Helpless nutshell
Oh, my homeland, my remoteness
By myself lost, by myself found
Lalai lala lalai lala lalala lai la...
Lala lalai la lalai lala...
Lalai lala lalai lala lalala lai la...
Lalalalai... lai lai lai lai...

10. EXPLANATION OF
“DESFOLHADA PORTUGUESA”
• The song talks about the love that Simone de Oliveira has for her
country (Portugal). She compares the love that results from a
conception of a child with her patriotic love.

11. CONTEXTUALIZATION OF
“GRÂNDOLA VILA MORENA”
• “Grândola, Vila Morena” is a song written and sung by Zeca
Afonso. This song was chosen by Armed Forces Movement to be
the second password to Revolução dos Cravos/Carnation
Revolution (25th of April of 1974).

13. While Salazar's Estado Novo regime banned a number of Zeca Afonso's
songs from being played or broadcast, as they were considered to be
associated with Communism, Grandola, Vila Morena was not one of these. At
a concert in Lisbon on the 24 March 1974 Zeca Afonso played this song, the
audience joined in enthusiastically, uniting the crowd as one. For this reason,
on 25 April 1974, at 12:20AM the song was broadcast on the Portuguese radio
station Radio Renascença as a signal to start the revolution that overthrew
the authoritarian government of Marcello Caetano; it thus became commonly
associated with the Carnation Revolution and the beginning of democratic rule
in Portugal. It was the second signal to start the coup, the first being E depois
do adeus (“After the farewell"), the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song
Contest of 1974, performed in Portuguese by Paulo de Carvalho.

14. SALAZAR
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was the founder of
this regime called “Estado Novo” and after his
death, Marcelo Caetano followed the same
political ideology.
Oliveira
Salazar
Marcelo
Caetano

15. IDEOLOGICAL REPRESSION
During this period the portuguese people weren´t allowed to
express freely because they didn’t have freedom to express
their political ideias. The political police (PIDE) exerted a
strong repression and ideological control in our country.
Many people were arrested and tortured because they had
different political opinions.

16. 25TH APRIL 1974
The Portuguese dictatorship regime collapsed due to a
military action called MFA (Movimento das Forças
Armadas). Nowadays it’s still a very memorable day
celebrated by the Portuguese people.
The people were tired of repression and censorship and
the Portuguese army was tired of the colonial war.

17. APRIL 25TH
1974
In April 25th , during the military
revolution flowers, that were
supposed to be sold in Lisbon
streets and squares, were given to
the soldiers who placed them in
their weapons.
During the revolution the soldiers
did not fire their weapons, instead,
they carried the flowers on the top
of their guns. This day is now
known as the Revolução dos
Cravos (The Carnation Revolution).

18. PEOPLE IN LISBON ON THE 25TH
OF APRIL

19. • This song became a
symbol of the revolution
and of democracy in
Portugal.