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ALENTEJO «In the morning he wakes up dizzy with so much light. He goes to the village and shouted: — Who stole me the sun that go so high?» MANUEL DA FONSECA THE SUN OF THE BEGGAR JACINTA ROSA CARRILHO: A case of solitude Portalegre
BARROSO There aren´t almost any cattle left. Nor flax, nor wool, nor spinning-wheel. Now all people deals with the wind… The wind turbines are spread all over the mountain. 'The celebration of Spring' Vila Nova do Barroso 'Wind money' Cerdedo, Alturas do Barroso, Negrões, Vilarinho Seco... 'The poor have no faith' Mourilhe, Vilar de Perdizes and Pedrário, Montalegre CIPRIANO MARTINS & JOSEFINA SEARA Vilarinho de Negrões
Being a woman in the interior of Portugal, highlander and deep, it's almost always a sign of pain and grief. Dark scarves are traces of a loss: the youth loss which threatens everything or the loss of the chief of the family who was dominant or — even more painful — two losses at the same time... MARIA MALTA AND HER GRANDSON JOHN Vilar, Boticas MEETING WITH FELICIDADE COELHO Vilarinho Seco
[ Extra ] GÉRARD FOUREL Gens du Barroso: Histoire d'Une Belle Humanité
BEIRAS «Was an old rich man twice married twice widowed. Married a poor woman he took great pride...» ROMANCE OF THE RICH MAN, popular song. MOUNTENEERING VILLAGES Beiras province: Covas do Monte, Covas do Rio, Jueus, Dornas...
HISTOIRES OF THE SACRED & PROFANE Party in the village! They may forbid the people from taking the TGV, from setting foot on the golf courses, from hearing Sokolov at the Casa da Música (Hall of Music, at Oporto) or from taking a ride on a luxury voyage on the Douro river; but nobody can ban the people from going to mass, from praying the Our Lady of Aparecida, or from seeing the band marching, in front of the church’s door... HOLY WEEK Braga ST. BARTOLOMEU DO MAR Esposende ST. GONÇALO Amarante OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAIN Cerdedo, Barroso OUR LADY OF APARECIDA Lousada, Penafiel OUR LADY OF PENA Mouçós, Vila Real (...)
In Amarante the June´s festivals are dedicated to St. Gonçalo. Disputed monk between Benedictines and Dominicans, is worshiped by the people and is known as the old ladies matchmaker, wonder-worker and merry fellow. ST. GONÇALO HAS GOT A THOUSAND LIVES Amarante
Easter Sunday. In Vilar de Perdizes, a few kilometers away from Montalegre, António Fontes Priest may be doing one of last eastern visits. In the past, people used to receiv the cross of Christ with street filled with carpets of flowers, but now only a few open their homes to kiss the cross.
Nearby, in Pedrário, the beautiful church of Romannesque style remains closed. In this village, the cross of Christ only comes every two years.
Albina Teixeira doesn't go to church, the messe is celebrated in the nearby village of Sarraquinhos. She has already lost the count of the years that she lived and she has almost lost the faith...
PEDRÁRIO & VILAR DE PERDIZES Montalegre, April 2009
HOME ALTARS The Christian veneration to the images isn´t opposite to the First Commandment, which forbids idolatry, because «the honour you serve to an image is in fact directed to the original model.» (St. Basílio) The Christian veneration to the images
MONTESINHO «The water in St. John turns into wine, olive oil and there is no bread.» HELENA SUBTIL, Réfega «This is not what people say it is…» ANA MERCES, Aveleda RIO DE ONOR, GUADRAMIL, RÉFEGA and VEIGAS DE QUINTANILHA TO LIVE AND TO DIE SLOWLY... Villages of Montesinho mountain SAINTS AND MEMORIES OF ALZIRA MATILDE GASPAR Moimenta da Raia
PENEDA-GERÊS «The flower of the wasteland Blossoms the rose whenever it wishes It´s like the single man While he hasn´t got a wife.» MARIA TERESA, Pitões das Júnias LUCINDA PILOTO & ANA BANDARRA Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre ETELVINA AZEVEDO Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre TWO OLD LADIES, REALLY OLD LADIES Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre MARIA VAZ Rouças da Gavieira
PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST (TRÁS-OS-MONTES) People celebrate a night of entertainment in honour of St. John´s Evangelist, the village patron from December 27th to 28th. The boys, eager for entertainment, mark the day around a huge bonfire, which still emits smoke in the village´s square. So, just after dawn, they dress the 'Carocho' (devil) with a leather mask, a bunge of lines, in their necks and a huge wooden fork for gathering the smoked ham or to make the village girls fall. Old mouth-organ players, drum and fraita (shepherd flute made from wood) players and dancers with their hats decorated with roses gathered around... 'CARETOS' Podence, Macedo de Cavaleiros THE BOYS' FESTIVAL Constantim, Miranda do Douro WINTER CARNIVAL Tó, Bruçó and Vale de Porco, Mogadouro MIRANDA YÊ LA MIE TIÊRRA Villages of Miranda do Douro LA BOUBIELHA Genísio, Miranda do Douro
(...)The rudeness of the people that lives here may be due to the same reasons that support wild cows dark brown, wild goats and rabbits, wolves and a large black crows with many legends and superstitions... BEYOND MARÃO MOUNTAIN: a superb area of water and stone... OUR LADY OF TEIXEIRA FRESCO PAINTINGS Sequeiros, Torre de Moncorvo
«Unfornately, I see that the markets/ In the villages, are disappearing/ Where one eats a portion/ That´s how it should be!» OLD MERCHANTS OF SENDIM Sendim, Miranda do Douro OUR LADY OF NASO (NÖEL MARKET) Póvoa, Miranda do Douro
PORTRAITS & TRANSFIGURATIONS «Had I not once a lovely youth, heroic, fabulous, to be written on sheets of gold...?» RIMBAUD Old people close-ups
TRAIN LIVES In summer, tourists venture this trip about 163 miles to get to take 3 hours and a half, just so they can enjoy the magnificent landscapes of this region of Port Wine — which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and was driven by the Portuguese, Spanish and English nobility... DOURO TRAIN (photojournalism) The route of the Douro Wine
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