7000 Wonders

For some reason, human beings are really obsessed with extremes. They never fail to feel duly impressed by the word "most" and its equivalents represented by the "est" suffix of an adjective.

The sense of involvement - and ultimately, belonging - is crucial for fado, and it's Portuguese language that helps to understand just how crucial.

So big and authentic was the need, and so genuine the passion that what started centuries ago as a spontaneous reaction of affected underprivileged communities has grown into a fabric of Portuguese national identity.