The feast...II, a photo from Guarda, North

Photographer's Note

Just like in many other Portuguese towns, Torroselo (a small town near the Estrela Mountain), also has a Porridge Feast. This one takes place every year in May. According to the legend,this tradition started several centuries ago and it's in honour of St. Martin, to thank him for helping the people getting rid of a plague.
Some days before, the locals prepare the porridge with corn, goat milk and sugar and, on the day of the feast, the women go in procession carrying the trays with the porridge, decorated with flowers. After the blessing, they give the porridge to all the locals and visitors present.

pajaran, PiotrF, abmdsudi, papagolf21, lucasgalodoido, alvaraalto, gervaso, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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holmertz (101988) 2018-03-17 10:33

Hello Ana,
The thumbnail made me think they were carrying a coffin. I couldn't understand the title...;-) The flowers are nicely laid out on the tablecloth and are bright eye-catchers. The musicians provide action and a sense of movement and make me wish there had been a sound file as well. All I wonder is: where is the porridge on the Porridge Feast?
Kind regards,
Gert

Tue (91574) 2018-03-17 16:06

Hello Ana,
An excellent impression of this event, very good vertical composition, you placed the flowers very well in the foreground with the musicians behind them. Great work.
Lars

PiotrF (54246) 2018-03-17 17:31

Hello Ana,
An interesting photo from this event. Thank you for the informative note.
Very good picture with excellent quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

abmdsudi (95869) 2018-03-17 23:14

Hi Ana
I love your elevated shooting point allowing us to have almost a full view of the moment in the thick of human activity on a fine weather. The dominant white clothed table & vivid red flowers in particular grab attention almost instantly, and this adds lots of atmosphere - being an important component of the feast, as does the inclusion of the musicians with just a little offset to allow the personal touch where their happier faces helped the mood.

You've done lots of things right here, making a very attractive image beautifully timed producing this quality picture. Congrats
Best regards

papagolf21 (152605) 2018-03-17 23:45

Bonjour, ch鋨e Ana,
Merci de nous faire profiter de ces traditions et cette mise en image donne le ton.
Tr鋊 bonne note d'accompagnement permettant de mieux comprendre le sens de la r嶧lisation.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2018-03-19 5:07

Ol� Ana,
acredito que vem por a� mais uma bela s廨ie de fotos de algum interessante e bonito evento religioso. Bonitas as flores aqui.
Parab幯s e Abra蔞,
Lucas

alvaraalto (42804) 2018-03-19 14:30

Hello Ana
Remarkable tradition with the large flowered porridge procession accompanied by the local brass band. A lovely tradition. Did you taste the porridge after the ceremony?
Excellent presentation
Have a good weekend, groet Rob

gervaso (28177) 2018-03-20 5:49

Ol�, Ana!

Uma bonita foto deste evento, com as flores no primeiro plano dando bonitas cores � composi誽o! Os detalhes est緌 mostrados com muito boa nitidez! Belo trabalho!