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Maria Francisca Gil de Braganca van Uden

Born 28 Oct 1982

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  1. 28 Oct 1982

    Born

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The 1980s · Maria is born

Who governed

Music

Music at Portuguese Pilgrimages and Festivals

Pilgrimages like the Romaria de Nossa Senhora d’Agonia featured amateur wind bands, drum ensembles, and improvised poetic competitions where performers challenged each other with rhymed verses. Groups of zés-pereiras, consisting of snare and bass drums, were vital for announcing festivities by performing through village streets.

Daily life

Difficult schooling conditions for rural children

Children often walked several kilometers to attend basic, crowded schools that lacked electricity and indoor toilets, with many students dropping out after the mandatory four-year primary education. To reach school, children often faced cold and rain on foot, sometimes wearing worn-out or repaired clothing.

What it cost

Controlled food prices in 1985

In 1985, the government set the maximum price for a unit of wheat bread at 4.50 escudos and one liter of milk at 62 escudos.

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.Around the world · 1989

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Unknown photographer, Reproduction by Lear 21 at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

What people wore

Children walked to school barefoot

School children would walk to school barefoot, carrying their shoes in their hands to ensure they would not be ruined before they arrived at class.

Getting around

Long coach journeys from Paris to Lisbon

In 1984, the 1,830 km coach journey from Paris to Lisbon took 31 hours, maintaining an average commercial speed of 57 km/h.

At the table

Traditional breakfast of barley coffee and bread

Instead of modern yogurt or smoothies, breakfast commonly consisted of barley coffee with bread and butter or jam.