Not even the photographer is safe from mischief! #entrudo #carnaval #carnival #trasosmontes #vilaboa #fujifilm_xseries #vsco #snapshot #instagram bit.ly/2IV0reC
Carving a wood block into a face, a Vila Boa mask slowly getting its shape.
#portugal #trasosmontes #vilaboa #mask #entrudo #fujifilm_xseries #vsco #snapshot #instagram bit.ly/2TrJFYM
A tradition almost as solid as Carnival itself: saving the slow Monday between the busy Carnival Sunday and Tuesday to wander the roads of Trás-Os-Montes.Here a Transmontano Mastiff, one of a pack of five big dogs, guarding a flock of sheep in the pastures of Montesinho. Can’t get more Trás-Os-Montes than this!
#Portugal #trasosmontes #montesinho #fujifilm_xseries #vsco #snapshot #instagram bit.ly/2TeZrHg
Like in a big, funny, messy, deranged family photo!! The cork masked people at Góis. #careto #entrudo #carnaval #carnival #gois #aldeiasdoxisto #portugal #fujifilm_xseries #vsco #snapshot #instagram bit.ly/2C4Xan8
Pretty end of day while roaming the Lousã mountain range. Time to get some rest and get ready for an early rise tomorrow. In the next few days I’ll back to the road to capture more masked traditions.
#sunset #serradalousã #portugal #fujifilm_xseries #vsco #snapshot #instagram bit.ly/2GUCpP5
Doing my commutes until it’s time to get back on the road, only a couple of days left… #lisbon #portugal #commute #inprogress This and more with higher quality on my #flickr stream bit.ly/2tG8K3L
A sunny and mild Sunday in Lisbon, just walking around like eveyone else, with the difference I had a camera on my shoulder… #inprogress #lisbon #street #portugal This and more on my #flickr stream bit.ly/2BRKq3j
An update on my newsletter is long overdue, although there’s no fixed schedule to it. But I’d really like to wrap all of last year’s updates (and there are a lot of them) into a neat summary before jumping head first into this. That’s next on my list, but there’s still time before I hit the send button, which is likely to happen this weekend, so feel free to subscribe until then! eepurl.com/AOVF1
Every year, on Christmas day, there’s an auction to bid on who will be wearing this red and black mask. Everything’s done in secret so that on New Year’s day, at the early hours when the chocalheiro starts his lonely procession, no one knows who he is until it ends… …or he briefly takes it off for a gasp of fresh air.#portugal #mogadouro #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #mask #chocalheiro #chocalheirodebemposta
On the day of St John Evangelist (Die de San Juan Eibangelista , in Mirandese) the “pauliteiros”, along with musicians, will go to each house dancing, inviting and receiving offerings for the festivities. #portugal #trasosmontes #mirandadodouro #festadosmoços #festadesaojoaoevangelista #pauliteiros
