What does PORTUGUESE culture look like in AMERICA!?

The Portuguese immigrant community in the United States is a vibrant tapestry of cultural heritage and resilience. Originating from the mainland, the Azores, and Madeira, they bring traditions like Folklore music and religious celebrations. Historically, they’ve contributed to industries such as fishing in New England and agriculture in California.
Throughout history, Portuguese immigrants have contributed significantly to various sectors of American society. In the early 20th century, they played pivotal roles in New England’s fishing industry, especially in places like Massachusetts, where their expertise in fishing and seamanship helped establish thriving communities. In agriculture, particularly in California’s Central Valley, Portuguese farmers made indelible marks with their skills in viticulture and dairy farming, influencing local economies and landscapes.
Come with us in this incredible adventure while we explore our culture in the New World!
OUR SMALL TOUR COMPANY:
Hit The Road Tours is a small, passionate adventure tour company in Madeira island specialising in personalised experiences from half day tours to 7 day multi-day expeditions.
We love what we do and do it well :))
Get everything you need on our website: www.hittheroadmadeira.com/en/
► FIND US on Facebook: bit.ly/39aixF4
► FOLLOW US on Instagram: bit.ly/35WVhs7
ESSENTIAL READING;
• 10 Tips for Visiting Madeira in 2022: bit.ly/3AR12qJ
ESSENTIAL VIEWING;
• HIKING IN MADEIRA: • The Do’s and Don’ts of...
• DRIVING IN MADEIRA: • Driving in Madeira - H...
• LIVING IN MADEIRA: • Why I love living in F...
WONDERING ABOUT THE WEATHER IN MADEIRA?
bit.ly/3ASDO3C
SUPPORT US;
• BECOME ONE OF OUR PATRONS: / hittheroadmadeira
• SEND US A TIP: www.paypal.me/hittheroadmadei...
Madeira’s got everything you need in 2023, don’t even think about it, just book it!
This video was produced by Popsec Film Studio © All rights reserved
► www.popsec.studio/
Let’s Hit The Road!
#Madeira #MadeiraIslands #Travel #VisitMadeira #America #LusoAmerican #EastProvidence #NewBedford #NewEngland #massachusetts

[@SweetnSourqt3]

Lovely video. Welcome to States! I fell in love with all things Portugal after my visit to Madeira in 2021. Looking forward to your other videos highlighting Portuguese culture in the US, so I can take a drive up to some of the places you recommend. Thanks for sharing!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

I was hoping we could spark some curiosity 🙏 thank you so much and I hope our videos are of help 🙏 stick around !! 🤠

[@teresasemanas5707]

​@@Hittheroadmadeirabonjour, merci beaucoup pour là vidéo... Et bonjour à tous les portugais du monde entier, Allemagne, Brésil, Suisse, Luxembourg, Espagne etc... Une somme une grande communauté en France.. De portugais.. Força sempre portugal et nos traditions, folklore, fado, sumol, foot, duper book.. 🇵🇹🇫🇷

[@tomasmartins532]

Hugs from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@tomasmartins532]

​@@teresasemanas5707🇵🇹🇨🇵❤️

[@rosalinacastro2309]

Muito obrigada.

[@lorifive]

Proud of our Portuguese heritage ! Azores

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

❤️🇵🇹

[@catiabotelho5845]

Me second!

[@helenavilhena5804]

One thing is missing the bread,the good portuguese bread to eat with chouriço

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Very true !! Totally forgot about the bread 😝 but we did pass by some some great bakeries later in the series ;)) so stick around Helena 🤠 pastries coming up soon eheh

[@electronicsoldandnew]

Great job guys. That’s a fantastic way to show our culture throughout the world. SA next? 😊

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Yeah maybe who knows :)) and thank you Emmanuel 🙏 grande abraço!!

[@MrTdacosta]

Hi Jeff, too bad we didn’t know about you coming to New England sooner. We live about 45 minutes from where you were at the Madeira restaurant (and we’ve eaten there many times as well) and would have enjoyed meeting up with you at the restaurant if time allowed. BTW, my Portuguese citizenship paperwork was submitted to the Portuguese officials in Lisbon last November, so now all we have to do is wait to hear back as to my obtaining Portuguese citizenship. Regards, Tony and Nancy (Hit the Road Madeira East Coast, West Coast, and Sunset Tour guests of yours in September 2022)

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey Tony!! We’ll be back soon ;)) we’ll be attending the feast of the blessed sacrament in New Bedford in the first weekend of August ;) so maybe we’ll see you there ;)) wish you all the best with the citizenship, hope to see you back in Madeira soon :)) much love !!

[@PauloSilva-hl1fb]

Love too see our culture🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Glad you enjoying it Paulo 🙏

[@mickaelmatias6891]

Our culture is over, we are being 3rd worldised

[@mickaelmatias6891]

Our culture is over, we are being 3rd worldised

[@doritamachado43]

Great Video. Need to head north to Toronto, Canada. Huge Madeira Club along with Madeira Park that hosts summer festival such as Nossa Senhora do Monte. This park was purchased by donations from the early immigrants to Canada in order for Madeirense immigrants get together and carry on with the heritage. My Dad was very committed to the festivals for over 50 years.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey Dorita! Yes we’re planning on it actually so stick around ;) soon enough !! 🇨🇦🇵🇹

[@doritamachado43]

Can not wait to see you here. Went to Madeira last June and loved it.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@doritamachado43 maybe we’ll bump into each other ;)

[@doritamachado43]

My cousin Jaime Da Silva who will be in Madeira in August just told me he booked one of your tours but that you will be here in Toronto and attending the Nossa Senhora de Monte festival at Madeira Park. Will you be there on 17th or 18th?

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@doritamachado43 Jaime and I are friends and yes we were chatting about it but honestly I don’t know yet, I’ll believe we’ll be there both nights but maybe that’ll change

[@cristinadias5145]

Ho whow important is for us know this things about brothers and sisters from Madeira , geatings from l Lisbon carry on good job 😊

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Im glad you enjoyed it Cristina 🙏

[@xemkclx]

Wow such an interesting video! Shot beautifully too!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thank you 🙏

[@soniasalgado1994]

Fantastic job ! Well done

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thanx Sonia 🙏😘

[@martamorais8207]

Awesome job guys👍

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thank you Marta 🙏🤠

[@pedrovs14]

Please give a note to the owner (the guy) on the restaurant! - "Loosen up dude! " I loved the fact that you were so free when speaking about family! That's what we are meant to be when stationed...open, respectful and kind. Sacramento is the YS Point

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Ahah it’s not always easy to be in front of a camera ;) thanx for watching Pedro! 🤠

[@Diocles6009]

That's is so sad that the Portugese culture is dying in America. In Toronto ( the 6ix ) Portuguese culture is alive and kicking. We are growing rapidly and we all know our roots. We have Madeira Park which I went there in the 1960s and my pops was president ( We came here in 1953 but my mother's family was in Massachusetts in 1890s. My fam is from Funchal and Canico but my great great grandfather came to Madeira in the 1790s from Braga. Although I'm Canadian I always loved my big brother, the united States of America. :)

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

I mean I wouldn’t say it’s dying, it’s just maybe not as strong as it was in the height of immigration? Very curious to see what it’s like in Toronto! Soon enough 🤠

[@atlas567]

Cultura portuguesa na América tem nome e é Brasil, já que América é um continente e não um país e você como português deveria saber disso muito, mas muito bem mesmo

[@Diocles6009]

@@Hittheroadmadeira the only bummer is that they are mainly from the Azores which is just a big prison in the middle of the Atlantic and they really do give Portuguese a bad name. Very dumb people to be honest.

[@Diocles6009]

@@atlas567 Speak English, I don't understand Brasilian mecolance.

[@atlas567]

@@Diocles6009 fala português sim, entende muito bem e comunica bem com os portugueses

[@christinag8740]

Thanks for sharing, I look forward to seeing more

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thanx Christina, much more coming :))

[@ExpatsEverywhere]

Woah! This vlog though! 🔥 - Josh & Kalie

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thanx guys !! Hope to see you soon 🙏

[@RuePhoto]

Thank you so much for this Jeff & André as I've been waiting eagerly for your adventure out there ☺ It was pleasing to know there's a bit of Madeira alive & kicking on the Eastern Seaboard & was great to see Steve too! Did you get a chance to let him & his good lady wife Maddie know about my vlogs with them in it yet? By the way did you know there's a substantial Bangladeshi community in the Martim Moniz area of Lisbon? I had the pleasure of visiting it, it was such an unusual experience & it'll be in one of my forthcoming vlogs. I'm so looking forward to the next one Jeff & have an amazing July my friend 🤗 P.S. I'm on the cusp of 1000 subscribers! 😁

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey Rue!! Glad you enjoyed it buddy :)) yes I did share the vlog ;)) Wishing you a fast road to 1000 subs, I can still remember the struggle as if it was yesterday, my advice is to not worry about it, just keep doing your thing and eventually you’ll get there and even further 🤠 looking forward to seeing what’s comes out of your channel buddy!! Big hug 💪

[@rswpt]

Long live the US and Portugal!!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Yes! 💪🇵🇹🇺🇸

[@FreitazYT]

Primeiro video e ja ficou, ta mesmo top o canal e os videos. Parabens, vou seguir o teu conteúdo. FORÇA MADEIRA HAHHAAH

[@easternzone7869]

Nice ! Hope you took the non stop!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

The non stop?

[@easternzone7869]

@@Hittheroadmadeira Yes. Non stop flights from Madeira to NYC JFK and Boston. Makes travel to the US so much more convenient

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@easternzone7869 ah yeah, we did !! Through Boston

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

didn't know portuguese people love to compete. that explains a LOT about the portuguese half of my family...

[@twoamericansandadog7212]

Jeff, YOU ARE KILLING ME. We were in Newport, Rhode Island last November and we drove to the Portugalia Marketplace in Fall River - then had the worst Portuguese meal ever in that town. I had no idea about Madeira restaurant, which was just across the bay. Oh well. Real stuff soon. I’m guessing New York/Newark is coming soon. Look forward to it…

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@twoamericansandadog7212 oh no! We heard about Portugalia marketplace, didn’t get to it unfortunately, ran out of time 😝 happy to know we’re helping out, next time you’re in town you should definately try out Madeira Restaurant !! And yeah, Newark and New York is coming up ;)) 🤠

[@ELizabeth_Beeza]

Excellent Work! Watching from 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🏻🍷🍷 My Parents from Terceria Island and Faial e o Pico Acores R.I.P. MY friend Leo is from Funchal, Madeira Island 👍🏻 Enjoy your trip to USA AND CANADA 🇺🇲🇵🇹🇨🇦👍🏻🥂🍷 😢😢 SALUTE TO TIAGO R.I.P.🕯🙏🕯✨️🇺🇲✨️

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thank you Elizabeth 🙏🤠

[@ferreira7744]

Muito bom , sucesso irmão

[@azulejodosanjos]

Welcome to New Bedford 🇺🇸🇵🇹

[@thedarknight5714]

Legend

[@fabiosoares7660]

Nice vid, I'm Portugese, and I want to migrate to US, what are the best cities with huge Portuguese communities? Keep it up the good work!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Thanx Fabio, well that’s what we’ll be discovering in the next few videos. It really depends on what’s your budget, what you want out of your lifestyle. Maybe you’ll find something you like after watching more videos 🤠

[@azulejodosanjos]

New Bedford, MA Fall River, MA Taunton, MA

[@curacao11]

😎

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

😎

[@clifeguimaraes763]

Are you a Portuguese South African? Your accent sounds just like it!!!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Yes I am ❤️🇵🇹🇿🇦🤠

[@vascoapolonio2309]

It is very healthy, actually, for Second Generations to "lose" some conection to their home culture. It means people are getting integrated with sucess within their chosen Nation and Culture. Not doing this is bad. We, Portuguese, are the best in doing this.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Pros and cons hey, 100%

[@diiiraq]

Perdem a conexão com a cultura pq os pais não ensinam nem português, quando mais. Isso é só ridículo

[@vascoapolonio2309]

@@diiiraq ninguém falou em perder a conexão. Nao sejas radical. Ou queres que aconteca aos Tugas nos Eua o que acontece aos Magrebinos em França? São Franceses mas cospem na Cultura em que vivem? A integração tem de ter conta, peso e medida. Os radicalismos é que provocam a instabilidade social.

[@XofHope]

If only others were like that too! Couldn't agree more that should be the way to go when migrating to another country, but no...

[@DanteChazydarthvader]

açorda is from Alentejo

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

I believe so yes 🙏

[@nickgomes1760]

Hi Jeff didn’t know you are a musician.want to have a jam session sometimes?

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Only from September bud 😂

[@nickgomes1760]

@@Hittheroadmadeiralet me know when you’re coming to Australia 🎸🎶🎶🎶

[@ruinunes7365]

Porquê não faz vídeos em português?!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Vez em quando faço, normalmente é inglês porque meu público e inglês. Mas falo Portuguese todos os dias ;)

[@ruinunes7365]

@@Hittheroadmadeira eu não sou inglês ou americano e assisti ao seu vídeo...😁

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@ruinunes7365 fico feliz por isso Rui :)) vez em quando falarmos um bocado de Portuguese no canal, e sempre tento introduzir mais que as pessoas gosta, mais 90% dos nossos seguidores fala inglês 🤠

[@Drewboooo]

Welcome to RI friend, there is a Madeira social club in Central Falls RI but maybe you want to stay out of that area not the best. O dinis in East Providence has good food as well.

[@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552]

Nothing wrong with Central Falls better than Pawtucket. Been there 40 yrs all good.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Maybe next time hey, I’ve learned there’s a hell of a lot to visit !!

[@Drewboooo]

@@rapidresponserepairllc.man9552 true

[@domsalazari]

Lembrando que a Angola é nossa 🇵🇹

[@marksousa8595]

Have you guys been to Azores?

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Only once just after Covid, we got three videos here about it, but would love to go back!! ❤️🇵🇹

[@marksousa8595]

@Hittheroadmadeira awesome!!! My parents are from Sao miguel but I was born and raised in Toronto Canada. Big Portuguese community in Toronto. Planning to go to Madeira island soon.

[@marksousa8595]

Just found you guys on KZbin. Definitely will follow you guys

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@marksousa8595 we’re heading to Canada soon ourselves ;)) maybe we’ll see you at one of the festivals who knows hey ;))

[@pedrosousa9780]

well,well if the English love it over there i am sure the American too as they are very similar.

[@henriquegodinho4655]

14:12 Avó é tão tuga

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Eheh pois é!! ❤️🇵🇹

[@marcosoliveira453]

Next stop? California?

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Eventually yes 🤠

[@DIONISIOjp]

Açorda's not from Madeira... it's 100% Alentejo and it's origins go back to the Moorish occupation of the south of Portugal :p

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Yes that was really badly worded from my side, know it’s not from Madeira, didn’t know it was actually from the south of Portugal though so thank you 🙏 stick around my friend, much more to come 🤠

[@mffmoniz2948]

But some people still used to eat it in Madeira. Probably folks from Alentejo who moved to Madeira. Don't forget that Madeira is a mix of the different cultures that moved to the island over the centuries. Older folks when I was young would eat açorda or a version of it because it was an easy dish to make. There was also another dish that I later found out originated from Sertã, which is the bucho. That's stuffed stomach. 😂 But you can't find it anymore. It was a homemade dish that not all families did.

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@mffmoniz2948 wow never heard of Bucho, something I would love to try because personally I love dobrada, which is some kind of thing yes? And yes I used to eat Açorda already in South Africa, my grandmother would make it for me as well, also caldo verde and yes in Madeira you see those dishes in some restaurants as well

[@pedrosousa9780]

tell them to come back to Portugal and leave them.they are contribuiting to America Economy when Portugal is still down.

[@teresasemanas5707]

bientôt mon frère, pour moi... Les portugais sont dès grands navigateurs et aiment explorer le monde et un jour, ils rentrent au pays.. Et ce rendent compte que c est le plus beau pays du monde.. À love you Portugal 🇵🇹🇫🇷❤

[@tatacraft791]

PORTUGAL CARALHOO

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Siiiiiiii 💪💪💪

[@blazeit1010]

Video : about Portugal. Music : Stereotypical Spanish music... You did what most people do, wich is to assume Portugal and Spain are the same country or have the same culture. As similar as they are, certain things like music and even the food are quite different from one country to another... Please, make a bigger effort to KNOW a country before you make a video about it. Yes, our food is good , but you disrespected us by putting Spanish music in the video 😬😅 Nothing against Spain or Spanish people, I quite like both of them actually, its just that they are 2 different countries and people should treat them as such! I still enjoyed watching your reviews though, cheers.

[@easternzone7869]

@@blazeit1010 hi Blaz, Would you agree that the culture in Madeira is similar to mainland Portugal yet the food and music maybe different? Before you start preaching about knowledge of culture, perhaps you should be aware that this man KNOWS the culture of Madeira and if you’re not from Madeira, i’d suggest not embarrassing yourself by trying to school him. Cheers.

[@blazeit1010]

@@easternzone7869 @easternzone7869 First thing : the cuisine and music in madeira is actually quite similar to mainland Portugal. Of course there are differences,not in cuisine and music, but appart from that, what does that have to do with Spain? You think in Madeira they play Spanish music ? Second thing : you claim that I don't have the right to educate him , well, I live in mainland Portugal , i have family in the Azores and in Madeira , so yes, I know my culture quite well. Just because the people in the video (except the channel owner) are sons of people from madeira doesn't mean they are automatically Portuguese or that they understand Portuguese culture, and that is evident given the fact that they played Spanish music 🤷🏽 They might be of Portuguese ethnicity but they don't have Portuguese nationality or a TRUE understanding of Portuguese culture . Portugal is OLDER than Spain, it must be respected and diferenciated. We fought for centuries against the Spanish and we never lost, but people keep disrespecting My country with stuff like this. It's almost the same as watching a video about ukraine and then playing russian music or watching a video about China and you play japanese music , some shit like that 🤷🏽 third : your point doesn't even make sense and I made and effort to try to understand what you actually meant but it still doesn't make sense. Explain your point.

[@MariaLePen]

You are taking it to seriously. They had some random instrumental music as well. I believe that they use music from some plataform and pay for it. Maybe there isn't a lot of portuguese music available on those plataforms and they can't use what they want because of copyrights.

[@blazeit1010]

@@MariaLePen Generally speaking I don't take it that seriously, and I didnt't 😅 I was just commenting that like most people, he used Spanish music in a video about Portugal. I love Spanish people and Spain, I really do. I speak Spanish fluently and I 've been there many times... But please, then if they can't find Portuguese music don't use Spanish music, it 's just wrong and it adds to the ignorance that most people already have about Portugal (people just think or assume Portugal is a Spanish province when Portugal is in fact older than Spain).

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey guys, first of all would like to apologize, it was never our intention to disrespect anything about our nation or any other, that said, I do understand the criticism and yes I agree. The fact is we did find this music on a platform that we use every week for our videos which is in fact royalty free, of which we still pay for. The track in question I believe was labelled as “Iberian” and I would say it would be something you’d hear frequently in modern Portuguese music, or any other genre of music, in jazz for instance. We’d like to think we have a modern twist on our style of video making, and this was more a stylistic choice than any other. We will however, be making a mental note for the future and of course as always, try not to hurt ourselves 😂 I’d like to close with 2 points. One is that I’m part South African and would cringe at a video of an influencer wanting to “put a shrimp on the barbie”, so I get it 🙏 And 2 we got bigger things to worry about because today we play France in the quarter finals 😂💪🇵🇹 Our official apologies and we hope you all stick around for what’s coming next 🤠

[@francisdeoliveira3414]

Acorda Madeira??? Desculpem a falta da cedilha mas esta merda de teclado não escreve as cedilhas,mesmo eu que sou Lisboeta sei que a acorda é originária do nosso belo Alentejo... E nós Lisboetas somos os ignorantes,tipo PT é LX e o resto paisagem... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Pois enganei-me nas minhas próprias palavras 😂😂😂 queria dizer que no menu tinha sopas que nao era madeirense e disse que açorda era madeirense 😝 mas coisa boa disto tudo é que finalmente descobri que é de facto de Alentejo, sabia que era do continente mas não de aonde exacto, e agora sei 🤠

[@mffmoniz2948]

A açorda é do Alentejo. Mas a Madeira foi povoada por pessoas do Norte ao Sul de Portugal que trouxeram os seus pratos tradicionais. Exemplo: estômago recheado da Sertã. A minha familia ainda faz uma versão no Natal. Açorda. Os meus pais e tias faziam uma refeição rápida que chamavam açorda. Basicamente sopa de pão. Claro que o restaurante onde ele foi mostra pratos madeirenses com alguns à mistura que são de outras zonas de Portugal.

[@AlexandreFrances-sf4wx]

entao? com os piratas???

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

@@AlexandreFrances-sf4wx não percebi?

[@jiljoy7026]

Abraço do continente

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Abraço obrigado 🙏🤠

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

can spot a portuguese man a mile off.

[@MadC442]

Mr Reis was not defending USA. He was involved in a war that killed millions of Vietnamese.

[@teddydavis2339]

The Portuguese always see things differently. They started the trans atlantic slave trade.

[@partista77]

Yes,but wore the Portuguese that ended it to

[@jorgevalter3398]

Another anti american making stupid coments de kmer rouge kill a lot more read history

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Wasn’t my intention to get political … play nice guys 🙏🤠

[@MadC442]

@@Hittheroadmadeira we playing nice. We know your intention and I don’t feel you meant any malice. 🥰

[@antonioguerreiro1615]

Portugal is not just Madeira bro, we go way beyond.hint hint .greetings from Coimbra/Lisboa PORTUGAL P.S FRANCESINHA is from Porto FFS!! nice vid on how to insult most of Portugal..since when is an acorda Madeirense FFS !!! to anyone watching this .....now go watch a proper video on Portugal

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Hey easy buddy, I’ve been to Porto, I know francisinha is from there, maybe I pronounced myself badly and for that I apologise, but I was not saying francesinha is from Madeira. Take a chill pill bud

[@atlas567]

Portuguese culture in America is Brazil

[@CelesteG-uj3eu]

Mas que ignorância!

[@atlas567]

@@CelesteG-uj3eu Ignorante e estúpido é quem acha que América é um país, ainda mais vindo de um país que foi um dos primeiros fundadores desse continente

[@atlas567]

@@CelesteG-uj3eu ignorante e estúpido é dizer que América é um país, ainda mais de gente de um país que foi praticamente o primeiro a chegar nessa terra

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

Im sorry but in my short time in America I saw lots of Portuguese culture that is not Brazilian

[@CelesteG-uj3eu]

You are forgiven!

[@DidHiPortugal]

You showed nothing. Did not talk to any PORTUGUESE. What a WASTE of time!

[@Hittheroadmadeira]

I’m sorry you feel that way Diogo, but I don’t understand the critic, you wanted to hear people speaking Portuguese is that it?