Fire as a central element of the Entrudo dos Máscaros de Vila Boa.
Demons of New Year
The pagan New Year traditions in Portugal’s Mirandese Plateau
Festa dos Rapazes, or Young Men’s Festival – Ousilhão
Festa dos Rapazes, or Young Men’s Festival, a winter solstice masked tradition that was “adopted” as Catholic, but with the boundaries of what’s holy and pagan still very clear.
A flashback…
Remembering the first time I drove to the North of Portugal to shoot the Winter Solstice celebrations.
The place of the alder masks
The Portuguese village where Carnival is done behind alder wood masks.
Repeating a Carnival, but slowly
Repeating the Carnival plans of previous year, but this time at a slower pace.