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Festa de São João do Porto (Portuguese for 'Festival of St John of Porto') is a festival during Midsummer, on the night of 23 June (Saint John's Eve), in the city of Porto, in the north of Portugal, as thousands of people come to the city centre and more traditional neighborhoods to pay a tribute to Saint John the Baptist, in a party that mixes sacred and profane traditions.
The two events are the most popular part of the Nicolinas Festivities, especially among the youth of Guimarães, probably because they are the only festivities that happen during the night. [23] During the Ceias Nicolinas, it is a tradition to eat rojões with broccoli rabe and papas de sarrabulho (sarrabulho porridge) while drinking Vinho Verde .
Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula in 1157. Afonso had already won many victories over the Moors. At the beginning of his reign the religious fervor which had sustained the Almoravid dynasty was rapidly subsiding; in Portugal independent Moorish chiefs ruled over cities and petty taifa states, ignoring the central government; in Africa the Almohades were destroying the remnants of the ...
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The Festa dos Tabuleiros (Festival of the Trays) or Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Feast of the Holy Spirit), takes place every four years in July in Tomar, Portugal.This festival is an ancient tradition and the most important celebrated in the city, attracting people from all over the world.
The festival develops among shots of gunpowder, medieval music, and fireworks, and ends with the Christians winning a simulated battle around a castle. Due to Spanish Empire expansion, the performing art has been adapted in other places in Europe, America, and Asia, as in the Philippines since the 17th century and is a popular street play ...
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