“Dancing with the root” exhibition opens at Municipal Library of Castro Daire

The opening of the retrospective exhibition “Dancing with the Root” took place on May 11th at the Municipal Library of Castro Daire. The exhibition is a tribute to the folkloric groups of the Castro Daire municipality and it was conceived as a parkour through its archives that include costumes, photos, audios, ethnographic objects, commemorative plaques, posters, newspaper clippings, songbook lyrics, among others.

The presentation of the exhibition was carried out by the cultural councilor at the Municipality of Castro Daire, Idália Ribeiro, by the director of the Municipal Library of Castro Daire, Marta Carvalhal and by the coordinator of Binaural Nodar, Luís Costa.

This exhibition is part of the Memory on Wheels project, a co-production between Binaural Nodar and the Municipality of Castro Daire, through its Municipal Library, consisting of sound, photographic and audiovisual collections of aspects related to the cultural heritage of the Municipality of Castro Daire and in its dissemination and valorization, through an online digital archive, as well as other associated initiatives, such as workshops, exhibitions, artist residencies, performance pieces, etc.

The next step of the project “Dancing with the Root” will consist in the edition of a book that will include the documental memory of the folkloric groups from the Castro Daire municipality, written and drawn from the same collections that where present in the exhibition, one that will be open until the end of May.

Binaural Nodar and the Castro Daire Municipal Library would like to thank the eleven folkloric groups that, since 2021, have been enthusiastically collaborating in this project:

Folkloric Group of Almofala
Folkloric Group Morenitas de Alva
Folkloric Group of Santa Maria de Cabril
Folkloric Group of Granja
Folkloric Group of the Casa do Concelho de Castro Daire (Lisbon)
Folkloric Group of Montemuro (Mezio)
Folkloric Group of Santa Maria de Moledo
Folkloric Group Flores d’Aldeia de Mosteirô
Folkloric and Ethnographic Group of Picão “Alegria do Montemuro”
Folkloric and Ethnographic Group of Relva
Folkloric Group of Termas do Carvalhal

Photographs by Liliana Silva (Binaural Nodar)