2. The Portugal Carnival
The Portugal Carnival is an annual event that has everyone talking. The
carnival is fun, music and plenty of food. It is a time when you really can
get to know the locals. You can take in the culture and have a blast. The
carnival is a great place to stop if you are visiting the area or makes a
nice destination all on its own.
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4. The Carnival of Madeira is an annual festival held forty days
before Easter, that ends on Shrove Tuesday.
One of the first major festivals of the year in Madeira, apart
from the Dia dos Reis, the Madeira Carnival is known as one of
the best in Europe. Traditionally there are two main Carnival
parades in Madeira, which are very different from each other.
5. The allegoric parade, which takes place always on the Saturday
of the Carnival weekend, is the more sophisticated one and
needs a great deal of commitment and organisation from all the
groups and the people involved.
6. Numerous Samba groups with thousands of participants in
magnificent and colourful costumes dance to electrifying Samba
music through the streets of Funchal, spreading an ambiance
evoking the Rio Carnival.
7. The second parade, called trapalhão, is older and used to occur
all over the island, now it floods the streets of the city centre
with thrilling joy on Terça-feira Gorda, ending the Carnival
period. In this parade everybody can take part and the costumes
and depicted caricatures are left to the participants’ own
imagination.
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9. The first references to the origins of the Estarreja Carnival date back to
the end of the 19th Century.
From this time we received news of the celebrated "Battle of Flowers",
joyful processions of the carnival season with richly decorated and
decorated floats that, under the patronage of some local firms and
families, paraded through the streets of Estarreja, in full manifestation of
joy.
Carnival in Estarreja
10. Carnival in Estarreja
These festivities, which lasted a little beyond the
first quarter of the twentieth century, ended when
some of their chief promoters died.
However, the leaven of the Estarreja Carnival was
launched.
12. • The Carnival of Nazaré is defined as being
unique, traditional and genuine, being prepared
and made "from people to people". It is
undoubtedly the largest festival in the fishing
village of Nazaré, which attracts thousands of
tourists as well as locals.
13. From the traditional costumes to the blind, the
Carnival of Nazareth is an event awaited and
eagerly awaited by the Nazarenes, who live it in
a deep and passionate way.
14. Every year there is a "mote" that defines the Nazarene Carnival.
Normally, it is a typical Nazarene expression that ends up marking
the carnival year. The Kings of Carnival are people of the land, who in
one way or another contribute or contributed to the party, and the
reign is a tribute to the "love of Carnival".
16. Tradition
Kids and teens start carnival
They toured the main arteries of
the city, bringing moments of
humor to the population.
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18. The participants also went to
the courtyard of the
Municipality of Elvas to recite
some verses. During the
afternoon there is still a senior
parade
21. Caretos wear traditional very simple masks where the
focus is in it’s long proturing nose. They’re made with
leather, wood, or ordinary tin and painted in red, black,
yellow or green. The colour is one of the main
characteristics of the outfit: handma de with fringy
materials.
Carnival in Podence
22. The ritual has Celtic origins and will be one of the oldest in
Portugal. Caretos are men and wear colorful suits, with red mask,
and rattles. They leave the street in Carnival, until Tuesday, in
Podence, the village of Macedo de Cavaleiros, in Trás-os-Montes
where this tradition resists
23. In terms of agriculture and fertility, this carnival ritual today has a
continuity that is due to the people of Podence, with the youngest and
the emigres to be decisive. It was in 2004 with the creation of the Casa do
Careto, with association already constituted, that the tradition was reborn.
Now the entrudo chocalheiro affirms itself "the most genuine carnival of
Portugal." Facts and shades are made by the elements of the association
throughout the year. The fringed suit is made of linen and wool. Masks, in
metal or leather, are easier and are sold to tourists. The gown still carries
the rattles around the waist, necklaces and a stick.
25. The origins of an ancient tradition
• Already in the thirteenth century, especially in the reign of D. Afonso III, the
Portuguese “Entrudo” was celebrated, from the Latin introitus, "entrada",
referring to the three-day period that preceded the Lenten entrance. It was a
popular party resulting from spontaneous behaviors where buckets of water,
eggs, oranges, and other products were thrown into the streets.
26. • In the XVI century, the use of the term Carnival
is also attested, evoking the Roman festivals,
then recovered by Christianity, which began on
the day of the Kings (Epiphany) and ended on
Ash Wednesday, the eve of Lent.
32. Carnival in Loures
The Carnival of Loures dates back to 1934. At that time, it was famous by the "Cegadas",
a sarcastic street theater, and by "Lançamento de pulhas", oral provocations mocking
some local personality. The "Dirty" Carnival also used to occur, with the throwing of
eggs, flour and water on those passing by. Balls enlivened the evenings and youngsters
used to mask themselves as "mastronças" (hugly women) , going to every house and
asking to eat and drink.
33. The “Burial of the Cod” was the climax and also the end of the party, on
Wednesday evening. The reveler s would, then, go by the streets with a dummy
that would be put on fire, at the end. The Carnival in Loures was cancelled from
1940 to the 70s, and had then several interruptions. Since 2000, however, and
supported by the City, it became an organized regular festival, and is now a major
one in Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with some 13 floats and over 1,000 characters.
