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Go cry in Cangas

Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

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Go cry in Cangas

Curiosity · Cangas de Morrazo, Morrazo, Pontevedra

Image of Cangas de Morrazo, not of the place itself.

The saying, very widespread across the south of Galicia, recalls that the women of the villa were specialised in the trade of carpideiras or mourners, who were hired to weep at funerals.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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