CARNIVAL TIME IN PORTUGAL - ENSINUS ETP/ INETE

  

CARNIVAL TIME IN PORTUGAL

One of the most lively times to visit Portugal is late winter/early spring when communities explode into a frenzy partying as the annual carnival season starts.

 

Carnaval has Catholic roots, and it’s a time of celebration and indulgence. It’s the last opportunity to go wild before Lent, a time of fasting and sacrifice. During Lent, Catholics would abstain from eating meat. This is where the word Carnevale comes from, which means as much as putting away the meat. Carnaval was a time for renewal and awakening. The Portuguese name at the time was Entrudo, which means to enter. You’ll still see this word used today.

although things have changed over the years, we can still enjoy a colourful festival with masks, music, and allegorical floats (the cars or trucks with a platform used during the parade). After the wild party, the 40-day-long fast (the period of Lent) will start.

The high point is on Carnival Tuesday, when many towns and cities across the country with lively parades of gaily-coloured floats fill the streets, although many of the festivities get started the previous weekend.

Carnival is celebrated all over Portugal with the biggest and brightest Mardi Gras parades to be found in Ovar, Sesimbra, Torres Vedras, Funchal and Loulé, watched by hordes of revellers with a great many in funny costumes.

 

 

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