Festa de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
In the old whaling village of Caniçal, fishermen honour their patron by sailing a flotilla of boats along Madeira's south-east coast in a unique seaborne procession, with the entire community aboard free of charge.
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"Held across nine days in the lush north-coast village of São Vicente, this popular summer arraial combines religious processions, folk music, marchas populares and open-air concerts beneath the dramatic sea cliffs."
Arraial de São Vicente
"In the terraced wine village of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, visitors can tread grapes barefoot in large wooden vats exactly as it has been done for centuries, while local quintas open their doors for folk music and wine."
Vindima ao Vivo no Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
"On the golden-sanded island of Porto Santo, this costumed heritage festival recreates the era of Christopher Columbus, who lived on the island, with period parades, seafaring displays and historical re-enactments."
Festival do Colombo
"Organised by the Casa do Povo in Madeira's westernmost village, this rural apple festival brings together farmers from across the municipality for live apple-crushing, folk dancing, tastings and cookery workshops."
Festa do Pero
"Deep in Madeira's Valley of the Nuns, this chestnut harvest festival, the oldest of its kind in Portugal dating to 1983, fills the mountain village of Curral das Freiras with roasted chestnuts, poncha, a colourful allegorical parade of over 350 costumed figures, and traditional music."
Festa da Castanha
"In the clifftop fishing village of Câmara de Lobos, this long-running festival celebrates the fearsome black scabbardfish hauled up from hundreds of metres below the Atlantic, with live show-cooking, tasting sessions and folklore performances."
Festa Gastronómica do Peixe Espada Preto
"Held at the celebrated mountaintop sanctuary on the edge of Peneda-Gerês National Park, this major romaria draws tens of thousands of pilgrims to the shrine of São Bento on the 13th of August for an open-air mass, solemn procession and festive arraial."
Grande Romaria de São Bento da Porta Aberta
"Alcochete's defining summer festival honours the campino herdsman, the forcado bull-handler and the salineiro salt-worker with street bull-runs, traditional Tejo river-boat parades, a sardine night and solemn procession to Nossa Senhora da Vida."
Festas do Barrete Verde e das Salinas
"The principal summer festa of Vieira do Minho draws pilgrims from across the Gerês foothills on Assumption Day for a solemn procession and evening arraial in this small granite-built market town."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
"The most important religious celebration of the Trás-os-Montes interior, held at the largest Marian sanctuary in the region on Assumption Day, drawing barefoot pilgrims from across the surrounding concelhos for a great procession and traditional fair."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
"On the most southerly and historically rich island of the Azores, the people of Vila do Porto honour their patron, Our Lady of the Assumption, with processions, folk music and the festive energy that defines the summer season on Santa Maria."
Festas de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
"Querença villagers mark the Assumption with a solemn procession of the Nossa Senhora statue through the whitewashed streets, accompanied by the Artistas de Minerva brass band, traditional tasquinhas and an evening baile."
Festa de Nossa Senhora da Assunção