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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

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

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 2018 #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #mask #t3mujin_featured

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 2018 #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes #mask #t3mujin_featured

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

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