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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

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Rianxeira: Female inhabitant of Rianxo ( Rianjo, from latin rivus angulus, bend of the River, by the shape of the river Ulla upon entering the ria de Arosa ) municipality Galician 6 parishes and nearly 12,000 inhabitants, situated in the South of the province of la Coruña, patria chica of Castelao, father of the Galician nationalism, died in exile in Buenos Aires in 1950. At this time and in this place was created the eponymous song, hymn of Galician diaspora: to virxe de Guadalupe / cando vai pola ribeira, / descalcina pola area, / seems unha rianxeira. / Oliñas come, / oliñas come and go.

  



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