How do Portuguese people relate with Goats and Sheep during Easter time? And how does that relationship relates to the Cycle of Life and Death? Here in Portugal, there is a ritual of eating goat or sheep meat during Easter celebrations. I always knew it was tradition,...
In Portugal, there’s an ancient tradition that still lives today. A tradition of shapeshifters, of devils and masks, of rites and magic. This is the tradition of the Entrudo and of the Caretos. Every year in February or early March, the Entrudo is celebrated in...
The Pandeiro or Adufe is an ancient Portuguese/Iberian frame drum with origins in North Africa. Traditionally, it used to be played by women – the Adufeiras -, whom would play it not only in religious celebrations and romarias, but also in local festivities and...
These photos were taken by Georges Dussaud in the 80’s in Trás-os-Montes, the Northeast region of Portugal. In a time and place in which people still lived very close to the Land, Catholicism was obviously present and strong, and yet Paganism never disappeared,...
