(January 25, 2016 at 12:12 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Why don't you read the whole article. The whole thing sounds like political propaganda.
Old Salazar grasped the concept. Fado, Football and Fatima, was enough to keep the populace under control. Even today people pilgrimate there. The sad part is that in blind faith to keep a promise the news are full of pillgrims hit by car news. I am Portuguese, I know all about it. Its good for turism.