7000 Wonders

The sense of involvement - and ultimately, belonging - is crucial for fado, and it's Portuguese language that helps to understand just how crucial.

So big and authentic was the need, and so genuine the passion that what started centuries ago as a spontaneous reaction of affected underprivileged communities has grown into a fabric of Portuguese national identity.

That event shattered the country and reimagined it for centuries to come in a variety of ways.