Beira Interior

A fire doesn’t last for days, but years…
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A forest fire doesn't end after the firemen save all the hoses in their red trucks and leave, but keeps burning for months, years...

Magic Mountains
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Road tripping through the Freita and Arada Mountains, so-called "Magic Mountains", that seem to be close and yet isolated far from everything.

Lazarim and its alder masks
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Lazarim, a village in the mountains of northern Portugal and its old Carnival made of alder masks.

Capeia Arraiana, the Bullfight of the border lands
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Two handful of men, a massive wooden frame, an arena and a bull. That's the Capeia Arraiana

Meu lindo Agosto!
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\"Meu lindo Agosto!\", a Portuguese expression that, in all its known variations, can be translated to \"My lovely August!\". An expression that obviously relates to Summer holidays, but has a deeper meaning in Portuguese culture.