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
“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
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
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…
