Festa dos Rapazes, or Young Men’s Festival, a winter solstice masked tradition that was “adopted” as Catholic, but with the boundaries of what’s holy and pagan still very clear.

This year, and since all winter festivities have been cancelled due to the pandemic, I spent the days I was meant to be in the North of Portugal looking at previous trips, and trying to put some structure into those photos.

Ousilhão, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, December 2019 #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #mask #t3mujin_featured