The Nicolinas Festival is held annually in Guimaraes, Portugal from November 29th to December 7th in honor of Saint Nicolau de Mira. The festival includes several activities for students to participate in such as "Moinas" processions, Nicoline dinners around pine trees, nightly bonfires, object "robberies" displayed in the city center, students offering "Maçãzinhas" or small apples to ladies, Saint Nicolas dances, and culminating with the Nicoline Prom which reconciles relationships through entertainment. The oldest record of the festival dates back to 1664 when the Capela de Saint Nicolau was completed.

1. Nicolinas
Oriana

2. Nicolinas
Students in Guimares hold Nicolinas festivities in honor of Saint Nicolau de
Mira.The oldest mention of the Nicolinas Festival comes from 1664, the year
that the Capela de Saint Nicolau in Guimarães was finished.They normally begin
on November 29th and finish on December 7th.The Festival's format includes
several "activities" for students to participate in throughout these days. Nicoline
Numbers are what they're called.

3. The activities
• “Moinas”
• Nicoline Dinners;
• Pine;
• Possessions;
• Magusto;
• Robberies;
• “Maçãzinhas;
• St. Nicholas dances;
• Nicolino prom

4. “Moinas”
“Moinas” are a combination of play
rehearsals and a procession that leaves
from Praça da Mumadona and goes
through the city's streets.

5. Nicoline Dinner and Pine Tree
Dinners bring together the Nicolinos who
come to Pinheiro. Pine Tree is buried at
the end of a march, which includes
“zabumbas”, students who beat their bass
drums and boxes nonstop, constituting the
herald mast, the prelude, and the
annunciation of the festivities.

6. Possessions and “Magusto”
The Nicolinas celebrations are believed to have
their origins in the possession or revenue left
to the choir boys of the Episcopal de
Guimarães.The main event of the night is the
lighting of bonfires in each city's rossio, as well
as in each village's Square. Each campfire
represents a social gathering point and is a
shared experience.

7. Robberies
Robberies are objects stolen by
students at night that show up in
the city center the next morning.

8. “Maçãzinhas”
Small Apples is a spectacle in which students
appear with a spear decorated with different
ribbons offered by friends and girlfriends, a
baton, and small apples to offer to the ladies
who wait on the balcony, who return by placing
them on the top of the spear. a few coins.

9. Saint Nicolas Dances
The scholastics' exploration and presentation
of comedies and dances allowed the
construction of the Chapel of Saint Nicolas,
which is attached to the Scholastic.
The Dances initially appeared in public
places, Rossios, and other parts of the city.

10. Nicoline Prom
The reconciliation of men's relationships is
made through dynamic entertainment as
a pretext for a healthy coexistence and
fraternal reunion. The Nicolinas
celebration comes to an end.