Pablo Na Boso
@nomadicmind.bsky.social
On the road. On the quest for truth, beauty, meaning - and good laughter
From Tarantella to Oberek. New Year(Capodanno) 2025/2026 danced in Calabria and Poland
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From Tarantella to Oberek. New Year(Capodanno) 2025/2026 danced in Calabria and Poland
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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January 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
From Tarantella to Oberek. New Year(Capodanno) 2025/2026 danced in Calabria and Poland
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Please enjoy with me the fleeting moment of autumn morning frost - which is born in the night, lives in eternal mist, and dies in instant once brushed by the first direct sun ray.
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Poland is like Wisconsin
Another silver morning
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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please enjoy with me the fleeting moment of autumn morning frost - which is born in the night, lives in eternal mist, and dies in instant once brushed by the first direct sun ray.
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Someone dear to me got lost in the mountain. When night came, exhausted, with no food or water, he lay down to sleep on a rock. I could have helped, but decided not to. He was sixteen.
#travel #parenting
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#travel #parenting
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When the mountain spoke
Father and son. Growing up.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Someone dear to me got lost in the mountain. When night came, exhausted, with no food or water, he lay down to sleep on a rock. I could have helped, but decided not to. He was sixteen.
#travel #parenting
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#travel #parenting
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Ballo del Cuccio - Calabria.
Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
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Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
youtu.be/mJHPq9WPmic
Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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September 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ballo del Cuccio - Calabria.
Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
youtu.be/mJHPq9WPmic
Ballo del Ciuccio: Spectacular Fireworks Ritual of Calabria, Southern Italy
youtu.be/mJHPq9WPmic
My new story on Decadent Catania, Empty Crete and how mass tourism creates hidden worlds:
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Decadent Catania, Wild Crete: How Mass Tourism Creates Hidden Worlds
How Mass Tourism Creates Hidden Worlds
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September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My new story on Decadent Catania, Empty Crete and how mass tourism creates hidden worlds:
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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
Pe’na fimmina non si muore - in galera non si va
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Pe’na fimmina non si muore - in galera non si va
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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August 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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
Pe’na fimmina non si muore - in galera non si va
youtu.be/2SDOPK_GwXc
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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DaMaRaMà (Italy) – Sephardic Romance “Tres Hermanicas” – Live at Felici & Conflenti Festival 2025
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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August 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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.
youtu.be/ON7_yRfP27c?...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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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Crete, Greece. Old tree trunk very high up the mountain. And the “teeth” are cocoons of wild wasps, I think.
August 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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Crete, Greece. Old tree trunk very high up the mountain. And the “teeth” are cocoons of wild wasps, I think.
Ukraine war effort relies on crowdfunding. open.substack.com/pub/nomadicm...
The small men
Three images from Ukraine.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ukraine war effort relies on crowdfunding. open.substack.com/pub/nomadicm...
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.
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Ober (oberek) - Bracia Laszkowscy, Tabor Sannicko-Łowicki, 2025
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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July 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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
youtu.be/2DPhQEJyb44
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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Played by my friends Kapela Niwińskich, a few days ago. Recorded by myself
youtu.be/uj38LXPweng
Wiwat - Polish traditional dance from Wielkopolska. Kapela Niwińskich, Tabor Sannicko-Łowicki 2025.
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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July 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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
youtu.be/uj38LXPweng
Played by my friends Kapela Niwińskich, a few days ago. Recorded by myself
youtu.be/uj38LXPweng
Kujawiak, Polish traditional dance. Yesterday. youtu.be/o2WSw9EPznY?...
medley of kujawiak /wiązanka trzech kujawiaków / Kapela Niwińskich
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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July 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Kujawiak, Polish traditional dance. Yesterday. youtu.be/o2WSw9EPznY?...
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
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village party in Casamance
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village party in Casamance
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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
village party in Casamance
youtu.be/FF9BkdjlLO0
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
Two days, five countries, and the quest for Old Europe's Nomadic Spirit
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June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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.
Forró Diois 2023 farewell party
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Forró Diois 2023 farewell party
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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June 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Forró Diois 2023 farewell party
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village party in Casamance
youtu.be/FF9BkdjlLO0
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village party in Casamance
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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May 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
village party in Casamance
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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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#france #fauxpas #travel #socialnorms
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Three Kisses and Still a Stranger
In Europe's Most Distant Country, Please Don't Say Your Name
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May 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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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#france #fauxpas #travel #socialnorms
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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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'A juta a Montevergine: tammorra and dance, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo #festival #italy
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'A juta a Montevergine: tammorra and dance, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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May 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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
youtu.be/qZgV412JYWI
'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
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Fanfare Tractopelle at Fête de la Soupe, Lille, May 2025
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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May 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Fanfare Tractopelle at Fête de la Soupe, Lille, May 2025
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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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Hunger in the Time of John
In 1947, amid devastating famine, an unexpected shipwreck brought life and death
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April 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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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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
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Stage Performance at Festival Internacional de Tunas – El Açor, Ponta Delgada 2025
YouTube video by Nomadic Mind
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April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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
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