Talking about that, here is a trailer to a short feature movie made my cinema students in Lugo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GZBXlIMcKmc (from the synopsis) It is about a blind man that roams around the streets of Lugo with his dog and his new instrument, a hurdy-gurdy. When the instrument is stolen, his life changes so drastically that he thinks about taking his own life. Cool, a whole film centered around the gurdy, with gurdy soundtrack. It is a short feature, of course, but that is quite interesting. I will check with people I know to know when and how we can get a hold of the whole film. P.S. In here they use "zanfona" as well, and the movie is, as far as I know, in Galician. The name of the movie even is "Zinfonía" On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu < [email protected]> wrote: > it is that I have heard many Galego speakers saying "zanfona" (with a th > sound and all), and I presumed that zanfona AND sanfona were probably two > accepted variations within all the dialects in Galiza. I also assumed that > a more proper Castilan name would be "zanfoña", as I've heard elsewhere. > > I am all for protecting the Galician language, it is so beautiful (and so > beautifully close to my own language, Portuguese - even closer, somehow, to > Brazilian Portuguese than to Continental Portuguese, I wonder why). > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:57 AM, eu paulo p. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ...Just a little not directly "gurdiest" (gurdistic? gurdiewhatever??) >> thing, Augusto: hurdy-gurdy, the word, is "sanfona" in galician language, >> never "zanfona". That is the spanish one. I know, there is a word you can >> hear there in my little country. Consequences of colonialism. But idiom is >> what it is. >> (let me give you an example, not about colonialism just about linguistic >> substitution --different causes, but it can be useful-- : "chanterelle" or >> "chien" or "mouche", they are not english words and they are pretty used in >> our english conversations). >> >> ...eu, >> pirata petulante, >> namorado sem amante, >> malabarista errante, >> músico ambulante, >> eu, tam breve... >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:40:49 -0200 >> Subject: Re: [HG-new] gurdy teacher in Lisbon? >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> >> >> Sorry for taking so long to reply - I am going through some old unread >> messages >> >> Maybe you'll find someone in Lisbon, because the gurdy is quite popular >> in the neighboring country of Galiza (NW bit of Spain on top of Portugal). >> There it is called zanfona. In Portugal it is called "sanfona" or "viela de >> roda". >> >> Try to go to Santiago de Compostela or A Coruña in Galiza and you will >> find many gurdyists around. There are even at least two "folk universities" >> in Galiza that teach the HG in their curriculum, and I've heard that the >> usually have weekend classes - it is easy to drive back and forth from >> Portugal or hop on a train or something. It is all subsidized and really >> cheap. >> >> Augusto >> >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:42 AM, doug.abshire <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Hi. In Aug 2011 I am moving to Lisbon Portugal for a 2 year work >> contract. I will be bringing a volksgurdy from Olympia Musical >> Instruments. 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