This document provides an overview of traditional Portuguese dances and costumes from different regions. It includes brief descriptions of dances like the "Vira do Minho" from the Minho region, "Murinheira" and "Carvalhesa" from Trás-os-Montes, and "Chulas" and "Malhão" from other areas. It also summarizes the traditional costumes worn in places such as Trás-os-Montes, Ribatejo, Alentejo, and the Algarve. The document is intended to showcase the diversity of Portuguese folk dances and dress across the country.

1. Portuguese dances and traditional costumes
School Artur Gonçalves
Work done by:
Rafael Marques;
Rita Marques;

2. Index
Page 3…………………………………………………………………………………. “Vira do Minho”
Page 4………………………………………………..……..………….... How do they dance: “Vira”?
Page5………………………....……………..………… Traditional dances of Trás-os-Montes
Page 6……….………………………………………….. Traditional dances of Trás-os-Montes
Page 7……………………………………………………….…. The costumes ofTrás-os-Montes
Page 8…………………………………………………….……………… “Os Pauliteiros de Miranda”
Page 9……………………………………………………………………………………… how to dance?
Page 10…………………………………………………………………………………….………. “Chulas”
Page 11………………………………………………………………….…………………………… Malhão
Page 12……………………………...………………………. Danças Tradicionais da Beira Alta
Page 13………………………………………………………………………………………. Estremadura
Page 14……………………………………………………..………………………… Principais Danças
Page 15………………………………………………………….…………………………………. Ribatejo
Page 16…………………………………………………….………………………… Trajes do Ribatejo
Page 17……………………………………………………………………………………… Alto Alentejo
Page 18……………………………...………………………………….……………….. Baixo Alentejo
Page 19……………………………………………………………………….……… Trajes do Alentejo
Page 20……………………………………………………………………………………………..… Algarve
Page 21……………………………………………………………………………….… Trajes do Algarve
Page 22………………………………………………….……………………… “Bailinho da Madeira”
Page 23………………………………………………………………………………………..……… “Brinco
Page 24………………………………………………..………….. Danças Tradicionais dos Açores
Page 25…………………………………………………………………………...Bibliografia/webgrafia

3. Minho
“Vira do Minho”
“O Vira” is a musical-choreographic genre Portuguese folklore.
Best known as characteristic of Minho, “o Vira” is also danced in
many other provinces, including Estremadura
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4. Is the most important dance of Alto Minho. The facts of Minho help
complete the picture. Be in wheel pairs, show of hands, are turning
slowly in the opposite direction the hands of the clock. Men go forward
and women retreating. The situation dragged on until the voice of a
dancer is required, screaming “fora” ou “virou”. They turned around on
the inside and placed face-to-face with the girl that came later. This
move will be happening until all exchange pair, while the
wheel rotates in the same sense.
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5. Trás-os-Montes
● Murinheira is one of the most typical dances trasmontanas (as “o
Passeado” and the “Carvalhesa”). Is accompanied by gaita de foles,
pandeireta and ferrinhos.
● Galandum it’s a song accompanied of tamboril, bagpipes,flute,
tambourines, castanets, shells («carracas»), triangle and whistle.
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6. ● Carvalhesa is a dance composed of four figures, accompanied
by bagpipes and triangle.
● Redondo is a dance, performed alternately and is used the bagpipes.
Bagpipes (transmontana)
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7. Costumes of Trás-os- Montes
Farm brown coat. Black apron embroidered
with bright colors.
Handkerchief course. Great white
collar. Shoes uploaded. In the neck, black velvet
ribbon.
The men's costumes are: to the head - hat or
cap. To the top of the stem are:
jacket, also said half; vest, sweater and shirt; to
bottom are: pants. For the feet is: shoes and
boots, when pipes are high;
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8. “Os pauliteiros de Miranda”
On the plateau mirandês there are groups of eight men who
wear skirts and have sticks. They are “pauliteiros de Miranda”.
With white skirts, scarves, hats, “Pauliteiros” carry the tradition who
seek to defend. And although many groups no longer exist as in the
past, letters, steps and costumes are still faithful to the source.
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9. How to dance?
In this dance the stick left hand and right
hand defends attacks. As for the costume, the scarf is
not more than an ornament, very gaudy, which varies
with the man who uses it, and with regard to the skirt, even
today, when it comes time to “dança da velha", habit typical
of January 1 in Vila Chã, where men dress as women and
go to the street.
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10. “Chulas”
Chula, a dance that runs along the banks of the Douro
and Minho extends to. Draws for the courts of the
churches, those who like to dance and when Christmas
comes around, this opportunity to celebrate with some
‘chulas’
The dance begins when the couple arranged in a circle, turn
inward. After going dancing 'passo de chula’, and the chief to order,
here we are starting a "voltear. It runs in five minutes, during
which the couple take turns on each other in larger steps. At the
end of this movement comes the characteristic ‘pulo’ a ‘pé-coxinho’
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11. “Malhão”
The name "Malhão" probably had its origin in some agricultural
instrument and thetime when it was danced in the
villages, had a different choreography, women
andmen had lined up, facing each other.
Would be closer and moving away and hit successively pace
with the feet. The end of all dance happened
when closing the wheel and jumped.
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12. Beira Alta
Most of the dances of the Beira Alta are "dancing circle", either in
pairs or hand in hand :a Carqueijinha, o Cravo Roxo, a Carolina, a Pastorinha,
o Ó Redondo,o Ó Redondinha, a Lavadeira, a Laranja da China, o Bate as
Palmas, a Dobadoira, o Mulato da China, o Ai quem me Acode, are one of
the huge dance that is danced in this area.
In the region are still dances with complicated choreography: a Farrapeira
(What is a ‘chula’), a Retaxeira, o Tareio, a Moda do Indo Eu (which is a
joke or game ballet) and as theatrical, Frade Capucho.
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13. Estremadura
Extremadura although to be located in Lisbon, the
capital, which in some way,influence all
this province, yet their music and their
dances have very archaicaspects and decidedly rural,
together with, in certain areas, the influences are
evident either of Beira Litoral want Ribatejo.
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14. Main dances
The main dances are: a Ramaldeira, a Ramadeira, o Enleio, a
Carreirinha, o Chicote, os Reinadios, alguns Viras (of Beira Litoral),
algumas Saias (of Alto Alentejo), o Verde-Gaio, a Ciranda, a Xotiça, o
Passo-a-Quatro, a Machadinha, o Fandango e o Bailarico that
although ballet across Extremadura, has its best expression in
the region of origin.
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15. Ribatejo
The dances and songs of the Ribatejo region of the district are particularly
enriched with artistic details, restful, elegant and harmonious.
Their costumes are sober as indeed is the very picture of the area where
they live.
The costumes of women are of various colors,
but predominantly for discrete tones. Skirts can be blue, black, green and
brown. As for the sweaters are clearer and more vivid colors of aprons and
headscarvesbit gaudy.
As to the manner of man the most important is "Ceremony" or "Sunday
best", and consisting entirely black pants, with pockets rights, black
vest, white shirt and bibheels shelf.
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16. Costumes of Ribatejo
When we walk along the Ribatejo province, turns out some differences
in the way of dancing and dress . To the north, on the right bank of
the Tejo River, are the 'neighborhoods', where
the herdsmen use darker costumes and dances are slower; south-
guess now mounted the heath, but in the
great flatlands that ’campino’ wears clothes more garish and dance in
a more agitated. Here we find them with
the gray coveralls and hat band and incarnate.
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17. Alto Alentejo
Alto Alentejo, perhaps the poorest and least
original choreographic region of the country but musical-
mind one of the richest,o Alto Alentejo, has, in the district
of Portalegre, one of the finest Portuguese folk
dances and features: as Saias. Alongside
these, the Alentejo is still dances: o Salto em Bico, os
Bailhos Campaniços, Balhos de Roda, o Puladinho, os Balhos
de Cadeia, o Fandango and even o Vira.
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18. Baixo Alentejo
‘Balhos de Cadeia and Balhos de Roda’ are the main types of
choreography in this province, something poor so full ofdancing
and choral music. Yet even faced with some other flavor dances and
practice locations: o Marcadinho, o Puladinho, o Tope, a Redondinha, o
Chegadinho e as Seguidilhas.
It has long disappeared some "religious dances" that were
once danced in the Alentejo where, however, older
people still remember the Maquinéu, the Pinhões, the Fandango and the
Escalhavardos.
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19. Costumes of Alentejo
Traje da Ceifeira: The clothing is made harvesters by two facts
clothing field- composed of high boots, thick
socks black skirts shorts (it's a skirt, this then to the knees with
some strings that are called "orelos" and between the legs fold
up with pins) an old shirt, black hat called a ”aguadeiro” in
winter, summer straw hats, a scarf with black stripes and
white. It's actually working.
Roupa de Portas– consisting of a skirt, a blouse, and farm in
winter. The summer blouse has a frillsquare, the apron
was embroidered by machine, or frill underneath, dark
blue scarfof silk. It is the fact that the harvesters dressed after
work in the fields.
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20. Algarve
Although Corridinho the 'Balls and Warrants' Balls Wheels are the most
characteristic dances and practiced in the Algarve, the Algarve there are many
other local dances or popularized (but that the Algarve has printed the strong
stamp of his character) still in use : the Balso Marcado or Balso
Rasteiro ,the Regadinho, the Balso Pulado, the Contradança and the Bailarico.
In the category of 'balls wheel' there are many dances, such as the
famous AuntAnica Loulé, the Almond, the Pound, the Papelinho and
many more.
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21. Trajes do Algarve
The day-to-day, the woman wears a headscarf, a cotton
cloth, which tightens the front.
The blouse in shades of blue. Simple cut, open in
front and long sleeves with
cuffs. Fabric Cotton Skirt £ creating the blue stripes, the
lower end has a frill of the same fabric. The apron is
cotton fabric blue print, forming floral patterns,
having the lower extremity veins and frill of the same
fabric.
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22. Madeira
“Bailinho da Madeira”
In a sense we've
all seen dancing "Bailinho Madeira" or at
least, as he is known on the continent: a group,
dressed in the costume of the island of
flowers, dancing around the regional
instrument typical of Madeira: the brinquinho. It
is an instrument made by a group of rag
dolls and seven regional dress with castanets
and ’fitilhos’ arranged at the end of uma ’cana
de roca’ and excited by vertical movements of the
hand of the bearer, this is the bailinho!
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23. “Brinco”
However there is another, it appears that the bailinho typical camp in the
island, where the challenge of singing and
dance choreography invented at the time. In thisfun gives the name of
earring. It is sung and danced by all, without rule orrestriction. It is
not necessary to dress as simply wanting to enter the wheel.
(Island of Madeira)
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24. Açores
Like all the other popular dances Azores is cheerful
and lively, and characteristics of ingenuity. ’Pézinho’ is the most
popular folk dance gaucho, or Brazilian folklore, played
by Azorean immigrants in Brazil. Where the dancers have
two parts: the first there is a marking of the feet and the
second pairs revolve around them selves,taken by the arm
(Ilha dos Açores)
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25. Bibliografia/webgrafia
http://www.folclore-online.com
http://www.os camponeses.com
http://www.wikipedia.com
Enciclopédia do Folclore Português
Livro III e IV Congresso de Folclore do Ribatejo
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