Entrudo

Winter Festivities
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The pagan based traditions of Northern Portugal and Spain during winter, that I've been following in the last years.

The Purifying Fire
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Fire as a central element of the Entrudo dos Máscaros de Vila Boa.

The place of the alder masks
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The Portuguese village where Carnival is done behind alder wood masks.

Repeating a Carnival, but slowly
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Repeating the Carnival plans of previous year, but this time at a slower pace.

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.