Sunday, day of going to church and putting on fancy clothes.Lisboa, Portugal 🇵🇹, March 2022#portugal #lisbon
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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
