Road tripping through the Freita and Arada Mountains, so-called “Magic Mountains”, that seem to be close and yet isolated far from everything.
Lazarim and its alder masks
Lazarim, a village in the mountains of northern Portugal and its old Carnival made of alder masks.
Capeia Arraiana, the Bullfight of the border lands
Two handful of men, a massive wooden frame, an arena and a bull. That’s the Capeia Arraiana
Meu lindo Agosto!
“Meu lindo Agosto!”, a Portuguese expression that, in all its known variations, can be translated to “My lovely August!”. An expression that obviously relates to Summer holidays, but has a deeper meaning in Portuguese culture.