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Not sure from which country this is (france? , maybe usa? , no idea actually) but it's what i came into my mind when i thought about halloween/scary music 
 

Garlic ice cream?? After 7 years living in the Netherlands I thought I knew everything about terrible food, but I guess not! 😅
 
I guess I’ll bring some sandwiches with me then 

Garlic ice cream?? After 7 years living in the Netherlands I thought I knew everything about terrible food, but I guess not! 😅
 
I guess I’ll bring some sandwiches with me then 

I love the idea, congrats for the initiative! 
 
It's interesting to know about the Dia de Los Muertos at November 1st, because in Portugal November 1st is a different holiday, a religious one called "Day of All Saints", but people end up doing a similar thing: we go to the cemeteries and put flowers in our family members who passed away to honour them, and (those who are religious) go to a christian mass for the same reason (honouring the death).
 
Curious fact:  November 1st is also quite a big date in Portugal history. On this day, in 1755, a huge earthquake happen in the ocean nearby the coast of Portugal, strong enough to make many buildings collapse in Lisbon, and causing a big fire due to all the candles that everyone had in their houses and churches as it used to be a "Day of All Saints" tradition.
 
The fire was so big in the entire city of Lisbon that people end up running to the river to avoid the flames. But, as the earthquake was in the sea, it caused a tsunami that hit Lisbon and killed all those that had escaped to the riverside. The whole disaster killed about 30k people and destroyed completely the center part of Lisbon.

Official Announcement
 
I would like to announce some changes made to the Festival of Music format for this edition. Users will be invited to submit song(s) from their own nation, the host nation, or a non-competing nation that meet the themes as described below.
 
This edition of the contest will take place during a particularly festive time of year in California. There are many minor and major holidays celebrated in the autumn. As part of the cultural exchange of this contest, I'd like to celebrate two of my personal favorites with everyone. Users will be invited to submit a song (or two) for the following celebrations: Halloween and Día de Los Metros. I have provided guidelines for selecting submissions below.
 
Halloween: I'm sure many of you are now familiar with this holiday. Nonetheless, a simple explanation would be that people dress in costumes, traditionally scary or "spooky" creatures like witches, zombies, reapers, skeletons, werewolves etc. Children (and sometimes teenagers who have almost certainly aged out) then engage in "trick or treating" after the sun sets. This involves going from to house to house, asking the owners "trick or treat?" Most owners will offer a treat (candy or homemade goodies) to ward off a trick (prank or mischievous act). People might also carve pumpkins into "jack-o-lanterns" (homemade lanterns created from hollowed out pumpkins), go to a haunted house (a house or building you walk through where people try to scare the shit out of you), or attend costume parties (with candy and drinks supplied, of course.) It is celebrated on October 31st every year, although some festivities make take a place a few days before (parties and haunted houses) if it happens during the work week. In celebration of this holiday, users will be invited to post up to two songs with a scary, haunting, or "dark" theme (or something that explicitly celebrates Halloween) on October 31st. Reminder: You may choose a song by an artist from your own country, the host nation, or a non-competing nation. Please speak up if you have questions.
 
P.S. Users who are familiar with the tradition of Devil's Night are invited to "prank" us by posting an out-of-the-box song on October 30th.
 
Día de Los Muertos: This holiday migrated up the border with Mexico. I'm sure @mrv86 can explain it with much more detail than myself, but essentially, it is a joyful celebration in remembrance of family members and friends who have died. The popular animated film Coco is based on this holiday for those familiar with it. It has become more common to find people celebrating it in California over the last few years, especially on high school or college campuses. In celebration of this holiday, users will be invited to post up to two songs in remembrance of those who have passed away recently and/or long ago on November 1st and 2nd. You may choose song(s) they liked, a song that reminds you of them, or a general remembrance song. Feel free to write a short post explaining your choice. Again, you may choose a song by an artist from your own country, the host nation, or a non-competing nation. Please speak up if you have questions.
 
The schedule on first post of the thread has been amended in line with the new format. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that's an ironic question but nevertheless, and because i love that dutch tradition, here it is:
 

 
 
P.S - We also have "sint maarten" in Portugal (São Martinho), but we don't sing anything, we just gather around the (usually) good weather, eat some roasted chestnuts and drink wine in what we call "magusto" 
 

@heywoodu I decided against it after realizing one, or potentially more, entries weren't available on Spotify. I would advise creating a playlist if you want one, but there won't be an "official" one since it doesn't seem fair.

See you all in Germany then 
 

See you all in Germany then 
 

See you all in Germany then 
 

Once again, my top 3 was an easy one, and i knew a song would be my 12 from the moment I started listen to it.
 
But I have to say, this is one of my favorite editions ever! The average song quality is really good (for my musical taste of course) 😁

Once again, my top 3 was an easy one, and i knew a song would be my 12 from the moment I started listen to it.
 
But I have to say, this is one of my favorite editions ever! The average song quality is really good (for my musical taste of course) 😁

Once again, my top 3 was an easy one, and i knew a song would be my 12 from the moment I started listen to it.
 
But I have to say, this is one of my favorite editions ever! The average song quality is really good (for my musical taste of course) 😁

will be accepted as our 35th jury then 

You can also share the other "loosing" three songs that will not be part of the contest in the Festival of Music, it is always a nice place - at least for me - to get to know new music that just didn't took part in the contest 

Oh i missed this. 
 
But of course, Portugal is in 

Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2023  
 Totallympics Forum - 22 September 2023 - 12 November 2023 
      Official Schedule
Until Saturday, November 4th: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7)
From Sunday, November 5th: Pacific Standard Time (UTC -8)
 
Friday, September 22nd
10:00 National Jury Registration and Entries Selection Window Open
 
Friday, October 6th
23:59 National Jury Registration and National Entries Window Closed
 
Saturday, October 7th
00:00 Host Jury Voting Window Open
 
Tuesday, October 10th
23:59 Host Jury Voting Window Closed
 
Wednesday, October 11th
00:00 National Jury Voting Window Open
 
Wednesday, October 25th
23:59 National Jury Voting Window Closed
 
Sunday, October 29th
12:00 Voting Order Draw
 
Monday, October 30th
00:00 Festival of Music begins
 
Thursday, November 2nd
23:59 Festival of Music ends
 
Friday, November 24th
10:00  Opening Ceremony 
 
Saturday, November 25th
9:00 Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2023 Grand Final
 
Sunday, November 26th
TBD Closing Ceremony
 
 
 
 
Participating Nations
 
 
Nation Jury Members Artist Song Video Voted   Argentina @konig@LDOG Los Auténticos Decadentes La Guitarra -   Brazil @vinipereira Melim Meu Abrigo -   Canada @intoronto Justin Bieber Sorry -   Chile @ManuCHIL Gepe Invierno -   China @Vic Liu Xu Jun 29 -   Croatia @dcro Lorde Perfect Places -   Czechia @Hipooo Mikolas Josef Me Gusta -   Denmark @Agger@Wumo Go Go Berlin Castles Made of Sand -   France @Benolympique@Bohemia Brigitte Battez Vous -   Germany @catgamer Robin Schulz ft. James Blunt OK -   Great Britain @Cinnamon Bun Ed Sheeran Galway Girl -   Greece @maestro
@Makedonas@Yannakis
Marina Satti MANTISSA -   Hungary @Vektor Paddy and the Rats Castaway -   India @Fly_like_a_don @Roamingrover86 Kishore Kumar Mere Samne wali Khidki Mein -   Indonesia  @Griff88 Geisha Cinta Dan Banci -   Ireland @OlympicIRL Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town -   Israel @Dnl N/A Shir Shel Yom Hulin -   Italy @Gianlu33@Henry_Leon@Pablita@SteveParker Toto Cutugno L'Italiano -   Lithuania @Werloc Monika Liu Hello
-   Malta @Glen Red Electric Right Here     Mexico @mrv86 Julieta Venegas Eres para Mí -   Moldova @Ionoutz24 Carla's Dreams Monomaniac
-   Netherlands @heywoodu Miss Montreal Just a Flirt -   New Zealand @Wanderer Connan Mockasin Do I Make You Feel Shy -   Poland @rybak KORTEZ Hej Wy -   Portugal @kungshamra71 Madredeus O Pastor
-   Qazaqstan @Ruslan BN x Raim & Artur Лучший      Romania @IoNuTzZ HAVANA ft. Yaar I lost you -   Serbia @NikolaB Maria Louder Than A Drum -   Slovakia @hckosice Peha Deñ Medzi Nedel'ou a Pondelkom -   Slovenia @justony Siddharta Y More -   Spain @Cobi Mecano Barco a Venus -   Sweden @Belle Ghost Cirice -   Türkiye @Memo Jehan Barbur Gidersen     Ukraine @Illya Alyosha Калина -   United States @dezbee2008
@Olympian1010
Beck Que Onda Guero -  
Total Jury Members
[46]
 
 
Total Nations
[36]
 
 
 
 
 YouTube Playlist
 
 
 
 
Provisional Voting Schedule
 
Position Nation Voting time (GMT-8) Voting time (Jury time) 1  Slovenia 09:00 18:00 2 Italy 09:10 18:10 3 Serbia 09:20 18:20 4 Moldova 09:30 19:30 5 Poland 09:40 18:40 6 India 09:50 23:20 7 Greece 10:00 20:00 8 Mexico 10:10 12:10 9 Israel 10:20 20:20 Break (10:30 - 11:15) 10 Romania 11:15 21:15 11 Brazil 11:25 16:25 12 Denmark 11:35 21:05 13 Kazakhstan 11:45 01:45 14 France 11:55 20:55 15 Argentina 12:05 17:05 16 Chile 12:15 17:15 17 Great Britain 12:25 20:25 18 Ukraine 12:35 22:35 Lunch (12:45 - 14:00) 19 Germany 14:00 23:00 20 Czech Republic 14:10 23:10 21 Spain 14:20 23:20 22 China 14:30 06:30 (Sunday) 23 United States 14:40 17:40 24 New Zealand 14:50 11:50 (Sunday) 25 Malta 15:00 00:00 (Sunday) 26 Slovakia 15:10 00:10 (Sunday) 27 Croatia 15:20 00:20 (Sunday) Break (15:30 - 16:15) 28 Turkey 16:15 03:15 (Sunday) 29 Netherlands 16:25 01:25 (Sunday) 30 Hungary 16:35 01:35 (Sunday) 31 Lithuania 16:45 02:45 (Sunday) 32 Canada 16:55 19:55 33 Ireland 17:05 01:05 (Sunday) 34 Portugal 17:15 01:15 (Sunday) 35 Sweden 17:25 02:25 (Sunday) 36 Indonesia 17:35 08:35 (Sunday)  
 
 
 
Contest Highlights
 
Logo and Motto Reveal
Draw - Start
Team Event Draw
Opening Ceremony: Start
Grand Final: Venue Reveal
Grand Final: Start

I know this match is against Luxembourg but I do love whenever Portugal plays without Ronaldo, it’s just so much better! 

I know this match is against Luxembourg but I do love whenever Portugal plays without Ronaldo, it’s just so much better! 

Meanwhile still not a single rescuer has been spotted in many of the destroyed mountain villages. But the king ordered people to pray for the victims, so you know, it'll be alright, he did something.
 

Hi everyone, I’m so sorry for all your worry. I just had a few things going on offline but everything is ok. I’ll catch up with everything later today and I have not forgotten TISC.
 
Thanks again for your concern, I feel embarrassed now. 

Well if US are world champions then I guess….
 

Well if US are world champions then I guess….
 

Well if US are world champions then I guess….
 

It was leuk! :D 
 
nothing special, just doing some 5km races here and there as a way to enjoy the weather and "visit" new places. I did went last weekend to cycle on the Houtribdijk (the one between the Markermeer and Ijsselmeer), and that was fun, there were even people in a beach in the middle of the dijk, which has to be one of the most dutch things ever haha (going to a beach in a dike i mean).