Going again after masked peopleEarlier this year me, Emanuele Siracusa and João Maia drove north, to the small village of Lazarim and its carnival played behind alder masks (http://www.joaoalmeidaphotography.com/en/2016/05/lazarim-alder-masks/). Nowadays these ancient masked traditions from Northern Portugal and Spain are connected, as they share a common background, and it’s very common to have invited groups in each others events. It was the case there with, among others, the red clothes and noisy cow bells of the masked men from other places of Northeastern Portugal doing their mischiefs and pranks to the crowd in the streets.Despite being funny and highly photogenic my attention wasn’t on them last February: they were out of place (my focus was Lazarim with its masks) and out of time (although similar theirs is a solstice tradition, not a carnival one). But next week will be different, I’ll be at the right place at the right time. Follow my updates to see it!
