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Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Sep 14

Ballo del Cuccio - Calabria.

Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
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Decadent Catania, Wild Crete: How Mass Tourism Creates Hidden Worlds

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Sep 11

My new story on Decadent Catania, Empty Crete and how mass tourism creates hidden worlds:

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How Mass Tourism Creates Hidden Worlds

Pe’na fimmina non si muore - in galera non si va

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 27

I witnessed this energetic song on the street in a village up Calabrian mountain, south Italy.

Pe’na fimmina non si muore - in galera non si va
youtu.be/2SDOPK_GwXc

DaMaRaMà (Italy) – Sephardic Romance “Tres Hermanicas” – Live at Felici & Conflenti Festival 2025

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 20

One of the most beautiful and captivating moments I recorded this year. The Sephardic ballad Tres Hermanitas in Ladino, by damarama, an Italian trio. Calabria, a few weeks back.
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Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 17

Crete portraits. #crete #creta #greece

Three images from Ukraine.

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 15

This alien transmitter built with ancient technology has been sending signals to space, spying on humans for millennia. And no one noticed until I found him today.
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Crete, Greece. Old tree trunk very high up the mountain. And the “teeth” are cocoons of wild wasps, I think.

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Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ukraine war effort relies on crowdfunding. open.substack.com/pub/nomadicm...

The small men

Cretan Music Night with Nikos Karkanis 🎻 | Live at Xirosterni Panigiri 2025 | Chania, Crete

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Ober (oberek) - Bracia Laszkowscy, Tabor Sannicko-Łowicki, 2025

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jul 31

Two young brothers from countryside play „ober”. This recording of mine comes from 3 weeks ago (same evening that was featured in my latest susbtack story). In central Poland, teenagers playing traditional music is extremely rare - this skill is virtually forgotten and unknown.
youtu.be/2DPhQEJyb44

Wiwat - Polish traditional dance from Wielkopolska. Kapela Niwińskich, Tabor Sannicko-Łowicki 2025.

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jul 22

Wiwat - traditional dance from Wielkopolska, in modern setup. On command, couples start spinning. It is not uncommon to see your partner stolen by another dancer, so you get to dance with someone else.

Played by my friends Kapela Niwińskich, a few days ago. Recorded by myself

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600 km in the search of Elbing Gate, the mythical Kujawiak and the soul of the country

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is Poland.

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This is Poland

medley of kujawiak /wiązanka trzech kujawiaków / Kapela Niwińskich

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jul 13

Kujawiak, Polish traditional dance. Yesterday. youtu.be/o2WSw9EPznY?...

village party in Casamance

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jul 9

If you went to classes and think you can dance, have a look here - Casamance, Senegal. Those girls have never been to any west african dance class: neighbors who invited me to a party. friends order from the same tailor so they match.

village party in Casamance

youtu.be/FF9BkdjlLO0

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Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jun 26

Poland, 3:15 a.m.

What You’ve Been Sleeping Through All June

Two days, five countries, and the quest for Old Europe's Nomadic Spirit

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jun 10

The disappearing hitchhiking culture is so different from Blablacar. The former is about act of kindness. The later is the unfortunate “sharing economy”, intended to monetize these acts of kindness. Blablacar, together with Airbnb, killed the most beautiful part of travel: the unexpected.

Across

Forró Diois 2023 farewell party

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Jun 6

Forró Diois 2023 farewell party
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village party in Casamance

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · May 27

village party in Casamance
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Three Kisses and Still a Stranger

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · May 15

What your French teacher should have told you, but didn’t, about The Art of Introducing Yourself in France. What your French teacher should have told you, but didn’t, about The Art of Introducing Yourself in France.

#france #fauxpas #travel #socialnorms

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In Europe's Most Distant Country, Please Don't Say Your Name

'A juta a Montevergine: tammorra and dance, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · May 14

Montevergine, Campania, south Italy. During the biannual, ancient pilgrimage to shrine of Mamma Schiavona, the energy of dancers, singers and tammorra players reaches climax. Watch.

'A juta a Montevergine: tammorra and dance, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo #festival #italy

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Fanfare Tractopelle at Fête de la Soupe, Lille, May 2025

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · May 4

Fanfare Tractopelle at Fête de la Soupe, Lille, May 2025
youtu.be/Eb9fTIxkdYE

Hunger in the Time of John

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hunger was so severe that people ate their clothes and even the earth. Then a miracle came. A ship carrying enormous quantities of corn run aground near the island. Ship’s name was John. #capeverde #travel #history #famine #africa

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In 1947, amid devastating famine, an unexpected shipwreck brought life and death

Stage Performance at Festival Internacional de Tunas – El Açor, Ponta Delgada 2025

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Apr 23

Performance of #Tunas , the music ensembles of Portuguese university student fraternities that date to middle ages. Festival Internacional de Tunas – El Açor, Ponta Delgada 2025
youtu.be/G6C0gJ_hZho

The Man Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down To a Fiesta

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Apr 16

I walked across Maio, a tiny West African island no one knows about.
#travel #slowtravel #naturehike

Found in Figueira

Afterparty at Festival Internacional de Tunas – El Açor

Pablo Na Boso @nomadicmind.bsky.social · Apr 14

I recorded this ad-hoc performance in Ponta Delgada, Azores. This is Tuna, a music band of Praxe, a student fraternity of a portuguese university (I think Coimbra). Allegedly, J.K. Rowling was inspires by their dresses which is why it feels like Harry Potter.

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