Crowd attending one of the shows of Amplifest 2022, this one at Hard Club’s bigger room. Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹, October 2022 #amplifest #porto #portugal
🇵🇹 Portugal
As wild as it seems, there’s a river in this photo: down in one of those valleys runs the Zêzere river, that splits in two the mountains ranges in Central Portugal. Oleiros, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, June 2022#portugal #beirabaixa
Hand-picking the best ones! Sertã, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, September 2020#portugal #beiraxaixa
To all slow Summer
lunches outside, in the shade, with a gentle breeze blowing. Sertã, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, August 2020#portugal #beirabaixa
Summer means Sundays by the river, and the hotter the day the better!Oleiros, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, July 2020#portugal #beirabaixa
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Spring is the second best time of the year to visit the Mirandese Plateau, right after a cold winter morning with the pastures covered with frost, as the fields are blooming and the skies get filled with pretty clouds. Miranda do Douro, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, April 2021#portugal #trasosmontes
Sunday, day of going to church and putting on fancy clothes.Lisboa, Portugal 🇵🇹, March 2022#portugal #lisbon
Banners stored in church after Easter Day’s procession.Proença-A-Velha, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, March 2018#portugal #beirabaixa #semanasanta #holyweek
Public attending on of Holy Week processions at Braga, by a religious products store.Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹, April 2015#portugal #braga #semanasanta #holyweek
Womenpraying while in the Procession of the Burial of the Lord at Monsanto.Monsanto, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, March 2018#portugal #beirabaixa #semanasanta #holyweek
Candle bearers in the Procession of the Burial of the Lord during a brief stop.Idanha-A-Nova, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, April 2017#portugal #beirabaixa #semanasanta #holyweek
Braga’s cathedral decorated in purple for the Holy Week.Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹, April 2015 #portugal #braga #semanasanta #holyweek
Monsanto, Beira Baixa, Portugal 🇵🇹, March 2018#portugal #beirabaixa #semanasanta #holyweek
“Máscaro”, not “careto”. Unlike other traditions in the region, at Vila Boa the ghoulish figures are called “máscaros”. Masked and dressed in red, would go as far as dressing in the woods to keep their anonymity (not so much nowadays), jumping the streets and waving their canes throughout the day, until the big pyre is lit at sunset, with the entire village gathered around it.Vila Boa, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, February 2022#portugal #trasosmontes #entrudo #shrovetide #carnaval #carnival #mascaro
“Máscaro”, not “careto”. Unlike other traditions in the region, at Vila Boa the ghoulish figures are called “máscaros”. Masked and dressed in red, would go as far as dressing in the woods to keep their anonymity (not so much nowadays), jumping the streets and waving their canes throughout the day, until the big pyre is lit at sunset, with the entire village gathered around it.Vila Boa, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, February 2022#portugal #trasosmontes #entrudo #shrovetide #carnaval #carnival #mascaro
Vila Boa, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, February 2022#portugal #trasosmontes #entrudo #shrovetide #carnaval #carnival #mascaro
It’s no secret that I love how fire is a important part of some winter festivities, specially here at Vila Boa (I even wrote a post in my blog about it). And this year, just like all the previous, the chaotic procession of masked people and everybody else who joined the party ends at a big pile of wood, ready to be lit.Vila Boa, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, February 2022#portugal #trasosmontes #entrudo #shrovetide #carnaval #carnival #mascaro
“Careto” hitting the water on a pond with his cane, an ancient gesture meant to scare the demons hidden there.Grijó de Parada, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, December 2016#portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #careto
“Caretos” doing tricks and mischief to each other. Grijó de Parada, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, December 2019 #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #careto
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 →
Young “careto” with the apple that holds the coins that were given as an offering.Grijó de Parada, Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, December 2016 #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #careto
Beach day. Porto Covo, Portugal 🇵🇹, September 2021 #summer #alentejo #portugal
We’re open for business again! Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹, July 2021 #summer #lisbon #portugal
High noon. Barrancos, Portugal 🇵🇹, June 2021 #summer #alentejo #portugal
To those Summer Sundays spent by the pool!Magoito, Portugal 🇵🇹, August 2021 #summer #sintra #portugal
Dead end hikes. Sertã, Portugal 🇵🇹, July 2021 #summer #beirabaixa #portugal
Plenty of gatherings in the streets, despite that nights never have been that summery in the last few months.Lisboa, Portugal 🇵🇹, September 2021 #summer #lisbon #portugal
Thursday, September 30, 2021 →
I don’t always take artsy portraits, but when I do it looks like a dirty window in a ferry. Now that Summer is behind us I’m going back to the photos taken in the last few months. Cacilhas, Portugal 🇵🇹, August 2021 #portugal
Os luxuriantes vales abrigados da Serra do Soajo, em contraponto com a aridez e vastidão das terras altas (ainda assim belas). Soajo, Portugal 🇵🇹, Setembro 2021 #PNPGeres #Portugal photos.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/image/I00…
Garranos que normalmente vagueiam pela Serra do Soajo. Soajo, Portugal 🇵🇹, Setembro 2021 #PNPGeres #Portugal
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Há algo mais avassalador que ver um nascer-do-sol no alto de uma montanha?Soajo, Portugal 🇵🇹, Setembro 2021 #PNPGeres #Portugal photos.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/image/I00…
