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Portugal: customs, food, festivals and music

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Portugal

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CUSTOMS, FOOD, FESTIVALS AND MUSIC

Religious Festivals

• Annual religious festivals are an ideal way to discover the culture and traditions of Minho.

Religious Festivals

• Guimarães, where the Portuguese nation was first proclaimed:– the first Sunday in July sees the

Grand S. Torcato Pilgrimage, with a cortege processing along the city streets depicting allegorical scenes from the life of the saint.

– Later in summer, the Gualterianas Festivals are another highpoint with a procession in honour of Saint Gualter.

S. Torcato Pilgrimage

Gualterianas

Religious Festivals

• Braga– Easter: the traditions of Holy Week. Throughout this

festive season, the city is decorated in religious motifs and the “Passos” – street altars – are filled with flowers and lights.

Farricocos

Main procession

Customs: Easter At Easter we receive Jesus Christ at home .

Traditional Easter cake

Food

Green soupRojões à minhota

Cod cabidela rice

Music

Fado Folklore

Pop, tradicional Pop Pop, rock Rock

Culture

• Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture

• Guimarães 2013 – European city of sport

• Famalicão – Carnaval 2013

Portugal

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