XXXIX Festa do Emigrante
On the remote flower-covered island of Flores, this deeply emotional four-day festival reunites the Azorean diaspora returning from the US and Canada with their island home through concerts, folk parades, crafts fairs and a philharmonic procession.
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"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
"In a vineyard amphitheatre in one of São Miguel's most isolated south-coast villages, this intimate blues festival with a small capacity and village-cooked food offers one of the most characterful musical experiences in the Azores."
Faial da Terra Blues
"In the verdant north-east tip of São Miguel, this municipal festa recognised as being of public interest by the Azores government brings together local philharmonic bands, folk artists and popular concerts across nine days in a village setting rarely visited by tourists."
Festas do Nordeste
"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
"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
"In this tiny Alijó village in the Douro hills, a six-day romaria lasting over 178 years features tableaux vivants on the procession andores (floats) performed by local villagers, spectacular fireworks and a fair franca, widely regarded as one of the best-organised festas in Trás-os-Montes."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos