Spending the slow days between festivities to further explore the outer limits of Montesinho.#nature #landscape #montesinho #trasosmontes #portugal
Wrestling over hay at the very end of the day. A traditional form of wrestling fueled by local rivalry between neighbor villages. #galhofa #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesantoestevao #festadosrapazes
In the Mirandese plateau there are no masks, but the festivities are not that much more religious because of that. The pauliteiros will roam the village, dancing at each house and finishing at the church: the only time of the year they are allowed inside. #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festasdesaojoaoevangelist #festadosmocos #pauliteiros
Still in a similar tone of the winter solstice masked traditions, that was baptized as Festas de Santo Estêvão, but this time the mischiefs, running through the streets and drinking were at an old favorite of mine: Grijó. #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festadosrapazes #mask
Festas de Santo Estêvão (this one at Ousilhao), a religious name for a masked tradition that has very few religious rituals in it, and remains mostly a pagan festivity related with the Winter solstice. #portugal #trasosmontes #wintersolstice #festadosrapazes #mask
Returning to Trás-Os-Montes for me also means football fields, this time revisiting one of my favorites! #nature #landscape #portugal #trasosmontes
It will be complicated in the next few days 😀 #portugal #trasosmontes
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Slowing down in the days before Christmas, when even the weather invites you to go inside, close to the warm fire. #beirabaixa #tejo #portugal #landscape
Packing again, this time back the North of Portugal, after the winter solstice traditions, but first I’ll do a break to indulge myself with the seasonal treats around a big table full of people. Enjoy this season’s good things and stay tuned for more photos.
A new version of #darktable is about to come out, and there are some ongoing changes on the #t3mujinpack presets, so I’m thinking on a new 0.5.0 version. Must check how the Tone Curve module changes affect it.