Winter festivities, Carnival of PodencePortugal
Representative List 2019
EN: Making a Careto of Podence costume
EN: Making a tinplate mask painted in red for a Careto of Podence
EN: Dressing up Caretos costumes
EN: A group of young girls in Caretos costumes in the Carnival of Podence
EN: Caretos are invited to taste the homemade wine of those who still produce it in the village
EN: Some people also dress as 'Matrafonas' in the Carnival of Podence
EN: During Carnival a theatrical play also takes place, in which fictional engagments between the single men and women of Podence are announced
EN: A Careto embraces and dances around a young woman, the most characterisc performative behaviour of this masquerade costum of the Carnival of Podence
EN: The caretos take to the streets on Fat Sunday and Shrove Tuesday, they jingle, shout and frighten, jumping and running frantically around the village streets
EN: Conviviality amongst neighbours and families plays a big part in Carnival of Podence. The Caretos are welcome to enter every house of the village on Shrove Tuesday evening
