NEWS FROM THE AZORES

Kitty Bale

2009-11-24 17:46:38

24 Nov 09 - Culture: Azores to transcribe folk tales recordings

On Nov 27 in Madrid, Azorean Director of Culture Jorge Paulus Bruno will sign an agreement with the Foundation Ramón Menendéz Pidal to gain access to a series of traditional Azorean tales gathered by American researcher Joanne Burlingame Purcell.

Burligame Purcell, who died in 1984, spent two years in the Azores from 1969 to 1971.

The archives, which represent valuable wealth in terms of intangible cultural heritage, contains about 500 stories, most of which have since disappeared. The only traces left are the narratives captured in sound recordings.

In an article published in the Revista Atlântida in 1970, the researcher wrote: "from what I can gather, these great storytellers, who were illiterate had also learned their stories from people who could neither read nor write."

The Public Library and Regional Archives of Ponta Delgada, the Museum of Angra do Heroísmo and the Knowledge Centre of the Azores already hold some of these archives.

The agreement will enable the Regional Directorate for Culture to transcribe the sound recordings and therefore guarantee the preservation and dissemination of this intangible heritage. por: Kitty Bale

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Kitty Bale is European with Belgian and Polish roots, a British heart and a French passport. Born in France, Bale left the hexagon at 17 and moved to the UK where she graduated in German. Her passion for journalism dates back to her first ever job at the BBC. She instantly fell in love with Portuguese and the Azores in October 2007 and then spent a year splitting her time between the UK and São Miguel. In December 2008, she finally settled down in Ponta Delgada. Currently, Bale works as a freelance journalist within the RTP Azores multimedia team adapting regional news into English. Besides appearing on the portal in Portuguese and in English, her pieces will also be published in English on this blog, News From The Azores.
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Kitty Bale é europeia com raizes belgas e polacas, um coração britânico e um passaporte francês. Nasceu em França e viveu lá até aos 17 anos quando foi estudar no Reino Unido, onde se licenciou em Alemão. Trabalhou na BBC e apaixonou-se pelo jornalismo. E depois enamorou-se pela lingua portuguesa e pelos Açores, onde escolheu radicar-se. Viajou pelo arquipélago desde Outubro de 2007, fixou-se em Ponta Delgada desde Dezembro de 2008. Actualmente é colaboradora do Multimédia da RTP Açores no âmbito de um projecto que visa traduzir para inglês a actualidade da região, publicando-a na Internet, em texto e em vídeo. Os seus artigos surgirão no portal, em português e em inglês, e serão agregados, em inglês, neste blogue, News From The Azores.
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