Vira do Minho, a photo from Viana do Castelo, North

Photographer's Note

If the cycIe of the festivals of Viana do Castelo truly begins in May, thanks to the Festival of Roses or Flowery big Baskets of

Vila Franca do Lima, the tradition reaches the cl璥ax in August, thanks to the incomparable and amazing Festival of Nossa Senhora d'Agonia. The religious procession at sea as well as the riverside streets, decorated with carpets of flowers, confirm the strong religious devotion. The ethnography can parade the streets with the Ethnographic Procession as well as the Costume Festival, where people can admire the traditional costumes, worn by the beautiful giris of the Minho region, exhibiting their chest full of genuine gold works of art. The festival goes on ... the concertinas and drums sound, including folk dances... The grandiose fireworks serenade iliuminates the whole city, starting from the Gustave Eiffel Bridge, passing through the Santiago da Barra Castle to the Temple-Monument of Santa Luzia... According to Viana's inhabitants, all of this is away of thanking the visitors who come during the third week of August.

This photo was taken in Rep𠎀lica Square during a street show during Senhora D'Agonia.

Hope you like it.

Joana

P.S. It's good to be back :)

rafelito, ribeiroantonio, efigesta, Cretense, eska, balatrek, quillo, sufi, paura, anavazao, kludwig20 has marked this note useful

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pat0500 (21561) 2006-09-24 12:20

Hi joana,
Muito bonito fotografia cheio ritmo e ambiente.
Bonita cor e bueno movimento destas senhoras.
Nice picture..!
Well done
Patrick

rafelito (3648) 2006-09-24 14:14

Hola Joana
Hermosa y feliz escena de baile, muy colorida y con movimiento.Un beso, Rafael

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2006-09-24 23:51

H� quanto tempo que n緌 tinhamos o prazer das tuas fotos. S� bem-vinda e esperamos que tenhas uma "memory card" cheia de imagens bonitas da nossa terra (e n緌 s�). Esta est� muito original ao mostrates as pessoas a dan蓷r o vira. Cheia de movimento e de cor. Muito boa.
Ant鏮io

fanch (0) 2006-09-25 4:18

Welcome back Joana !

Lovely Portugal ! This is a 'smiling' picture ,
could say ' vive la vie !'
For me , a taste of holidays too ... I like so much colours and movement !

Amiti廥 ,

efigesta (12188) 2006-09-25 5:23

Ola minha amiga
bom regresso aqui ao TE, espero que as ferias tenham corrido bem!
boa foto esta, foto com movimento, bem distribuida e com boas cores
bjs
manuel

Cretense (68709) 2006-09-25 5:30

Welcome back Joana! Hope that we 'll be seing you very frecuently. Your comeback is a very joyful photo, a real nice moment. Your timing was great and so were your framing, composition and colours. Congratulations!

Filakia,
Hercules

eska (522) 2006-09-25 7:56

Nice come back from vacations. Good capture of lively dance. Have you taken part in the festival, actively, not just as an observer?
I can imagine you dancing there, and having some good wine.
Greetings from Canada
Chris

balatrek (7455) 2006-09-25 17:37

Hola Joana,

Bella y colorida imagen, la escena es interesante y de gran dinamismo, has captado muy bien el ambiente de la fiesta, la composici鏮 es correcta y la luz perfecta, buen trabajo.

Saludos

Jos�

quillo (11858) 2006-09-26 8:25

Esta es una imagen que me resulta muy cercana porque yo he pertenecido a un grupo folkl鏎ico durante muchos a隳s, (tocando la guitarra).... y s� lo que se siente y se disfruta con l alegria de la m𢃼ica y el baile.

Enhorabuena Joana por tu foto llena de color, movimiento, alegria...... 」iva la fiesta!

Un beso.

sufi (9588) 2006-09-26 12:43

Merhaba Joana...
Wow... It's a wonderful moment and shot, my friend... The colors, the light and the details on the customs of the dancers are perfect... Of course great point of view...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

paura (25802) 2006-10-06 20:02

Linda fotografia, Joana. Captou um momento muito festivo e cheio de alegria e cores da rica cultura portuguesa.

paulo

anavazao (5592) 2006-10-08 7:50

Ol� amiga!!
Acho que est� muito interessante esta foto .... lembra algumas das nossas tradi踥es! Bonitas cores!
volto amanh�
Fica bem ana:)