Linen: Stories along a thread

128-page color book and 57-minute documentary
Coordination: Manuela Barile
Catalog number: Edições Nodar nodar.018
ISBN: 978-989-99856-2-9

@Binaural Nodar & Associação Cultural e Desportiva da Rompecilha, 2019

“Linen: Stories along a thread” follows the rebirth of linen in this village located on the southern slope of the São Macário mountain, based on the symbolic initiative of a inhabitant, Delfim Tomás Rocha, who returned to his village to take care of his mother who has Alzheimer and realized the importance of the rhythms and voices of the ancient linen tradition as a therapy against forgetfulness. The publication is the result of a joint work that started in 2012 and involved all the inhabitants of Rompecilha, whose individual paths are also portrayed in the book, in parallel with the ethnographic memories linked to linen itself. This publication is part of the European project Tramontana, a network of rural and mountain memory archives.

Credits:

Co-production: Binaural Nodar and Cultural and Sports Association of Rompecilha
Coordination of publication and production of the documentary: Manuela Barile
Coordination of community mediation in the village of Rompecilha: Delfim Tomás da Rocha Dias
Text Review: Luís Costa and Diana Silva
Graphic Design: Liliana Silva
Sound and image Technical Support: Nely Ferreira and Luís Costa
Audio post-production: Xavier Erkitzia

Participated: Delfim Tomás da Rocha Dias, Amadeu Almeida Dias, Maria José Rocha, Idalina Rodrigues, Maria do Carmo Pereira Matos, Silvina Soares, Maria Helena Gomes Ferreira, Maria Hermínia de Almeida, Maria Odete Martins Coelho, Arlindo Coelho, Cidália Dias, Maria Celeste Almeida Paiva, Maria José Soares da Costa Figueiredo, Jorge Dias Figueiredo, Maria Cidalina Gomes da Silva Costa, Maria da Anunciação Martins, Alberto Martins, Albertina Silva, Américo Silva, Gil Dias, Carlos Dias, Natalina Silva, Carlos Paiva, Diogo Filipe Antunes, Isaura Pereira, Virgílio Costa, Lúcia Silva, Idalina Fernandes, Adília Carvalhal and Valentim Costa.