Our Dance

Bruno and Fine setting sail in Giacomo's Brancaleon on the Adriatic Sea at Vlora, off the coast of Albania, to the music of Maja.
Polyphonic music from Albania, a mixture of traditional rhythms and modern vocals in the song "Our Dance".



From the voyages of Brancaleon; Canto Mediterraneo, from Italy to Turkey.
Visit Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece and Turkey on the sloop Brancaleon, in the search for indigenous music from the past and present.
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Canto Mediterraneo II

From Venice to Istanbul. The music of the waves, the music of the world. A language we all understand.






Voyages on Brancaleon from Italy to Croatia.
With Bruno Porto from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as skipper........

Bruno's Log; August 13th, 2009:

"Against light airs, we move slowly. The night comes fast and I take turns with Giovanni at the helm. On the horizon, small storms form and at four in the morning we are in the grip of a full gale. We were already down the coast of Istria and we have to move away from shore for the lack of visibility. Lots of rain, wind around 35 knots with lightning everywhere. Suddenly, a scare! At the moment a ray falls relatively close to the boat, I take a strong shock via the helm! At the moment I do not understand why and I do not know what to do. The wind is with us still and dropping the helm does not seem a good option. But to keep holding, all wet, in the middle of those flashes, a piece of metal that had just given me a shock ... did not seem a good alternative! Trying to understand why, I realize that the whole system from the helm to the rudder shaft in the water is of metal. I'm holding a piece of metal that is grounded in the water in the middle of a thunderstorm. SHIT! I am a little fuck! Luckily the storm passes soon. And isolating the helm goes to the list of things to be resolved urgently."

Translated from Bruno's Portuguese by Doryman.


Visualizza Canto Mediterraneo in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori

Click on the indicated way points for information on the ports of call for SV Brancaleon on the Voyage Singing Mediterranean
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Canto Mediterraneo

Introducing Canto Mediterraneo. The link to the blog and web site documenting this incredible journey can be found to the left on the sidebar. Each new post to Canto Mediterraneo will show up under the heading. It promises to be a valuable lesson in human cultural exchange and you are invited to participate.

Objective
"We want to achieve closer contact with the people and the culture of the places we visit and realize a true cultural exchange."

"Canto Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Chants) is an intercultural project realized by four people from Italy, Brazil and Germany who are sailing from Venice to Turkey in the summer of 2009 to research contemporary music of the countries they visit. Local musicians that create a mix of traditional and modern music are going to be contacted and one song of their choice plus an interview will be published on this website. The objective is to tour the whole Mediterranean Sea in successive years."

"This project introduces the far reaching ambition of executing sustainable tourism journeys. Journeys that respect the nature and culture of the places visited, with the intention of achieving the most authentic knowledge possible of the countries that receive the crew members."

Doryman applauds this adventure and joins the voyage in a spirit of camaraderie.
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