With the start of another new calendar year, the month of January brings us a new cycle of events that mark the genius of some of the most illustrious figures in Portuguese literature.
We are referring, of course, to the 500th anniversary of the birth of the greatest Portuguese poet of all time… Luís Vaz de Camões.
As part of the 5th centenary of the birth of the man who became famous as the “Prince of the poets of his time… He lived poorly and thus died miserably”, the Aver-o-Mar School Group was keen to honour and celebrate this milestone.
On the 17th of this month, in the auditorium of the main school of the Aver-o-Mar School Group, students from the 9th grade classes were honoured with a celebration of the 5th centenary of the birth of Camões.
The activity, called “Celebrating Camões”, was recreated with the magic and charm of two guests: Professor António Sousa – a reciter – and musician Carlos Carneiro, who transported everyone to the Renaissance.
Through the staging recreated by the lead teachers and with the collaboration of some of the school’s students, it was possible to travel back to the time of Camões, watching the exquisite recitation of some of his poems, passionately accompanied by a guitar virtuoso who, cuddled up to his guitar, let his fingers run carelessly over the strings as if it were a caress.
It was with our students’ faces beaming with joy, emotion and satisfaction that we left this note as yet another glorious way of praising and celebrating the man who left the most brilliant legacy in Portuguese literature: “For such a long love, such a short life”.
