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tonight, entrance 10€'s, 3 concerts on the main stage, 6 tents full of music and drinks, over 20 thousand people, Coimbra, Portugal, Queima das Fitas...
The Queima das Fitas (Portuguese for Burning of the Ribbons) is a traditional festivity of the students of some Portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra.
Coimbra's Queima das Fitas, the oldest and most famous, is organized by a students' commission formed by members of the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra. Celebrating the end of graduation courses, symbolized by the ritual burning of the ribbons representing each faculty, it takes place at the second semester (around May), being among the biggest student festivities in Europe. It lasts for 8 days, one for each Faculty: Letters, Law, Medicine, Sciences & Technology, Pharmacy, Economics, Psychology & Education Sciences and Sports Sciences & Physical Education. During this period, a series of concerts and performances are held, turning Coimbra in a lively and vibrant city. It also includes a parade of the university students, sport activities, gala ball, and many other public events and traditions.
The Ribbon Burning festivities are the big yearly celebration for the students and townspeople as well. The festivities run for a full week in May beginning with the traditional nighttime fado serenade in the square of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra. The square is packed with students in their black capes and according to the ritual, studies are forgotten for a week of joy and all-night revelry. The high point of the festivities is the Cortejo, a parade beginning in Alta (upper Coimbra, the university historic centre and home to the Rector's Office and the famous University tower) with the graduating students burning their grelo. The parade progresses down the hills of the Alta towards the Baixa (downtown Coimbra, near the river) with dozens of elaborately decorated floats, each in the color of their respective faculties, carrying placards with ironic criticisms alluding to certain teachers, the educational system, national events and leaders.
a little taste of home... come if you want! only ends tomorrow!
First floor in the faculty, good Italian pasta for the immaterial group working on the virtual home... So,if you don't know what to eat tonight,here the receipt:
- fusilli - all kinds of vegetables - tomato sauce - salt - onion
Boil water in a pan; in the meantime cut all the vegetables and put them in a warm pan where before you put a bit of oil and a slice of onion. When the water is boiling, put the salt and then fusilli; when everything is ready mix it together in the pan with the tomato sauce also. And enjoy the meal!!!!!
The cafeteria in the Architecure Faculty in Delft offers you a wide selection of.....Dutch specialities.....Soup,sandwiches,really small salades,and..don't forget croquettes!!!!!!
Ok,suggestions: the sandwiches are good and the chips are cheap...and if you don't want to wait long, avoid the rush hour beteween 12.45 and 13.15....
Opening time: from monday to thursday: 8.30-19.30; friday: 8.30-16.00(pay attention!!!!)
I am in Delft at the moment to attend the INDESEM. Well, I just set up a blog which is supposed to stimulate a broader discussion about the topic of the legacy for the next generation. I just would like to share, exchange, comment on this with you...maybe we could take it like a permanent think tank to address the new generation's architecture -or in a wider sense- the idea of world and society within 60 years. here you have the link:http://futureofarchitecture.blog.com/ also: www.indesem.nl So check this out!
In the Architecture Faculty in Delft there's an extra lift which nobody uses, really nice, entirely in glass....but sorry today is out of service!!!!!!!