I am deleting my account in this forum.
None seem to care to study or learn
the basic history of Portugal. Angela
does not even bothers herself to google
data about Povoa de Varzim. I am not a lecturer.
For that job I would like to be paid. Telling
the truth of what I learnt in my history classes
is considered nordicism. If it is data that my
affirmations lack, go and search it. Since Angela
is more concerned on having fun in festivals, and
drinking shots, I am going to paste some information.
There are a couple of genetic studies,look for et Beleza,
pointing I haplogroup in Braga of ~18%. Find a history book
of Portugal, and READ IT REALLY. Check this text on wikipedia
which contains the precious data of Ramalho Ortigão a great
writer about Poveiros. Due to the practice of
endogamy and the
caste system, Póvoa's fishing community maintained local ethnic characteristics. Anthropological and cultural data indicate
Nordic fishermen settling during the period of the coast's resettlement.
[13] In
As Praias de Portugal (Beaches of Portugal, 1876), Ramalho ortigão wrote that the Povoan fishermen were a "race" in the Portuguese coast; entirely different from the Mediterranean type of Ovar and Olhão, Poveiro is of "Saxon" type. On the other hand, the man from the interior was a farmer with Galician character (Paleo and Nordid-Atlantid). In a 1908 research, anthropologist Fonseca Cardoso considered that
Poveiros were the result of a mixture of Phoenicians, Teutons, Jews and, mostly, Normans.
[41] In the book
The Races of Europe (1938),
Poveiros were distinguished by having a greater than usual degree of blondism, broad faces of unknown origin, and broad jaws.
[42]
Poveiros have migrated to other places and this attenuated the population growth. One should notice that the
Poveiros tended to create their own associations abroad, there are
Casa dos Poveiros (Poveiros House) in Brazil (
Rio de Janeiro and
São Paulo),
Germiston in South Africa and
Toronto in Canada. In Rio de Janeiro, the community was known by not wanting other peoples of other origins, including Portuguese born in other regions, within their community. In 1920, many Poveiros emigrated in Brazil returned, as many refused to lose Portuguese nationality.
[43] The governor of Angola, with an ambition to develop fisheries, suggested the creation of a Povoan colony in
Porto Alexandre. Due to fisher classes affairs, the fisher areas of Vila do Conde, Esposende and Matosinhos have strong Povoan cultural influence and half of the population of Vila do Conde and Matosinhos are of Povoan descent.
[44]
Póvoa de Varzim is an ethno-cultural entity.
[1] Until the beginning of the 20th century, the communities of Póvoa de Varzim were marked by
endogamy, exclusiveness and local identity features with several centuries.
[2]
Due to endogamy and a
caste system, the fisher community of Póvoa de Varzim kept particular ethnic features. Povoan fishermen, supported by 19th century scientific theories, believed they were a separate race, named "
Raça Poveira" (Povoan Race). Anthropological and cultural data indicate the colonization of Nordic fishermen during the period of the coast's resettling. Since the 19th century, the visible ethnic differences when comparing with the surrounding people, led to different theories over the origin of the population:
Suebi,
Prussians,
Teutons,
Normans and even
Phoenicians. In the book
The Races of Europe (1939), Povoans were considered to be slightly blonder than average, with wide faces of unknown origin and robust cheeks.
[3] In a research published in
O Poveiro (1908), using 19th century scientific methodology, the anthropologist Fonseca Cardoso considered that an anthropological element, most noticeably the
aquiline nose, was of semitic-Phoenician origin. He considered that Povoans were the result of a mixture of Phoenicians, Teutons, Jews and, mostly, Normans.
[4]
Ramalho Ortigão when he wrote about Póvoa in the book "As Praias de Portugal" (1876), The Beaches of Portugal, stated that the main curiosity of Póvoa was the Povoan fishermen, that was a special "race" in the Portuguese coastline; completely different from the Mediterranean type typical of
Ovar and
Olhão, Povoans are of "Saxon" type: they are "
fair-haired, clear eyes, wide shoulders, athletic chest, herculean legs and arms, round and strong faces."
[5] More recently, Óscar Fangueiro noticed that the Nordic influence could have happened during the late Middle Ages when Portugal built diplomatic ties with Denmark.
[6]
Matrix of Siglas Poveiras.
Main article:
Siglas poveiras
Siglas Poveiras are a form of 'proto-writing system'; these were used as a rudimentary visual communication system, and are thought to derive from Viking settlers that brought the writing system known as
bomärken from Scandinavia. The siglas are used as a signature to sign belongings.