How lucky were we to stumble upon a cultural festival in the Praca de Republica? It was a real fiesta atmosphere with a band, traditional food stalls and of course singing and dancing. The square is the heart of Viana with museums and key municipality functions housed in architectural gems. Most buildings date back to the 16th century.
Unfortunately for us the chafariz/fountain was being restored but we did the magnificent Misericordia e Igreja, church boasting renaissance architecture from 1589.
While the ladies were dancing the men were either playing in the band or selling their home baking, what looked like a distilled spirit from a big old barrel and speciality breads.
Although there was a fair bit of man talk in huddles.
The ladies skirts looked gorgeous when they were twirling, so colourful and all in the most gorgeous setting. (Remember you can click on the pics to zoom in 👍)
Great colours of the Portugueser's
ReplyDeleteYou are see amazing sites.must be hard to sleep at night
ReplyDeleteSo many different cultures, music, food, tradition, loving it 👌
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