Transcript Easter Tradition in Portugal Holy Week in Braga Easter and Holy Week are celebrated in Braga as in no other town in Portugal.  Throughout.

Easter Tradition
in Portugal
Holy Week in Braga
Easter and Holy Week are celebrated in Braga
as in no other town in Portugal.
 Throughout this festive season, the city is
decorated in religious motifs and the
“Passos” – street altars – are filled with
flowers and lights.
During the Holy week, visitors and
devotees gather along the darkened
streets to witness three great
processions.
Wednesday’s Procession:
“Procissão de Nossa Senhora da
Burrinha”
Our Lady travels on a donkey and is
followed by all the religious scenes of
Christ’s life.
Many volunteers participate in the
Holy week processions
Thursday’s Procession:
The Senhor Ecce-Hommo
procession
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This procession is mainly centred in
the ‘Farricocos’, (barefoot men in
black tunics with hoods), that hold
torches in a re-enactment of the
rites of public penitence and
reconciliation common to the 16th
century.
The ‘Farricocos’
They walk the streets making noise
with their wooden instruments
On Good Friday:
Our Lord’s funeral procession “Enterro do Senhor”
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Under a shroud of silence, the 'Penitência' procession
takes place representing Christ’s final steps while
being led to Calvary.
It is the most pious event of the Holy
week.
Weeping women
And thus ends this majestic cycle of the Holy
Week processions and starts the beginning of
the Easter celebrations.
Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday starts with an Easter
Mass celebration held early in the
morning
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After the Mass, the priest and the
“mordomo” (host of the feast) holding
a cross in his hands, go by every house
to announce the resurrection of
Christ and to bless the homes and
people who live there.
The Easter visit
Compasso (Visita Pascal)
The Cross is accompanied by a boy with a bell
announcing the resurrection of Christ.
The cross is kissed by all.
Godparents exchange gifts with their
godchildren
• Other Easter
traditions in Portugal
• The “Cortejo dos
Ramos”, in Lamego.
“Procissão
das tochas”
Procession of the
torches,
transported only
by men.
In S. Brás de
Alportel (Algarve)
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During the Easter visit, it is
traditional to set a table with sweets
and beverages, so that at the end of
the blessings, everyone celebrates
with the family!
There are always traditional cakes:
the “folar”, “pão-de-ló”, almonds, eggs
and many other delicacies.
Easter specialities
Roast cod with potatoes and corn bread
Roast kid
Roast chicken and pork
Roast Piglet
The “folar”
Another type of “Folar”
“The pão-de-ló”
The “folar” of
Amorim, from
Póvoa de
Varzim.
The almonds
The eggs
And many other specialities
Easter tables at school
Easter carpets
Easter arches
Happy Easter