Stephen C. Berkwitz’s Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism examines five works by a single poet to demonstrate how Buddhism in Sri Lanka was shaped and transformed by encounters with Portuguese colonizers and missionaries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By following the written works of Alagiyavanna Mukaveti (1552-1625?) from the court of a powerful Sinhala king […]
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Book: Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism: Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka by S. C. Berkwitz – Editor’s Note
Posted on 18 February 2013.
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Travel: Azores winner of the 2012 Quality Cost Gold Award – Azores
Posted on 17 February 2013.
The Azores are the winners of the 2013-2014 Quality Cost Gold Award as the best European most sustainable holiday destination. The Ierapetra island, in Crete, was awarded second place and the islands of Gozo and Camino, in Malta, won third place. The Quality Coast Awards are considered a prestigious honor aimed to assisting tourism operators […]
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Film: João Viana awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival – Germany
Posted on 17 February 2013.
Portuguese film director João Viana,46, was awarded a “Special Mention” for “A batalha de Tabatô” at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), one of the most high profile international movie events. The 2013 Berlin International Film Festival was held February 7-17. Set for the most part in Guine-Bissau, the film incorporates many documentary elements […]
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Book: The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey by Jean Barman – Editor’s Note
Posted on 16 February 2013.
Born on Pico Island, of Portugal’s Azores Islands, sometime between 1830 and 1840, Joseph Silvey began whaling when he was just 12 years old. In 1860, when Silvey came to the British Columbia coast on a whaling schooner, he decided to jump ship to try his hand at gold-mining. From harpooning whales in small open […]
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Honored: Dennis Cardoza awarded by the Government of Portugal – California
Posted on 16 February 2013.
The Portuguese government has honored former Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), with the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, in a ceremony held in Washingotn DC, at the residence of the Ambassador of Portugal Nuno Brito. The grandson of Portuguese immigrants from the Azores, Cardoza served for a decade in the U.S. House […]
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Honored: President Carlos César decorated by the President of Portugal – Azores
Posted on 15 February 2013.
The former President of the Regional Government of the Azores, Carlos César, will be bestowed the Grã-Cruz da Ordem Militar de Cristo [Military Order of Christ] by the President of Portugal, Cavaco Silva, for his distinguished career as a public servant. One of the oldest and highest honors bestowed by the Portuguese Government, the Grã-Cruz […]
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