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  • Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual each time they stop their roaming in the house of those who don't wear the "careto" desguise"
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  • Young boys take part in Podence Carnival as an initiation to grow up as men. Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual. Men are called "careto" and boys "facanito".
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  • Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual each time they stop their roaming in the house of those who don't wear the "careto" desguise"
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  • Some boys also take part in Podence Carnival following older friends as an initiation to grow up as men. Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual of these children also know as "facanitos".
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  • Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual each time they stop their roaming in the house of those who don't wear the "careto" desguise"
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  • Young boys take part in Podence Carnival as an initiation to grow up as men. Drinking alcohol is part of the ritual. Men are called "careto" and boys "facanito".
    h_00001050.jpg
  • After drinking too much at dinner and during the afternoon, a "Careto"  lies in a truck ready to scare girls again.
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  • After drinking too much at dinner and during the afternoon, a "Careto"  lies in a truck ready to scare girls again.
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  • A "Careto" in the toillet. Men spend all the afternoon scaring girls and women and drinking wine on their stops at the houses of the ones that doesn't desguise.
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  • One "Careto" lies knocked-out in the cellar. Most of men who wear this costume spend the day drinking red wine and scaring girls and women.
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  • Like all portuguese festivities, Podence Carnival is all about fraternization. That's why people get together to eat barbecue and drink red wine.
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  • Masked in color dress, Caretos are diabolic and mysterious figures ever since. They represent an amalgam of profane, magical and religious elements.
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  • And old worker showing around Roça Agostinho Neto. This old cocoa farm is the largest in São Tomé.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Banana beach seen from Roca(farm) belo Monte lookout. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Banana beach seen from Roca(farm) belo Monte lookout. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Women grating coconut while breast feeding at Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • Portrait of Dona Adelaide, living at the old slave quarter in Roça Sundy, Príncipe island.
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  • A boy dances with Roça Agostinho Neto  main street in the background. This old cocoa farm is the largest in São Tomé island.
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • One "Careto" in Podence Carnival. Podence is a very small village in Northeast Portugal that  promotes its festivities as the "most traditional ones" in the country. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • Nowadays, the Podence villagers participate more often in the festivities and it's usual to see families together.
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  • One "Careto" mask in Podence Carnival. Podence is a very small village in Northeast Portugal that  promotes its festivities as the "most traditional ones" in the country. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • After roaming the streets scaring girls and women, some "caretos" gather in their family home meeting the members and having dinner with them.
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  • During the festivities, "Caretos" always walk in noisy groups, spreading terror, excitement and laughter
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  • Due to some more violent behaviour, some "Caretos" provoque fights with other men.
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  • One "careto" gently scares a little girl. Usually men dressed as "careto" terrifiy women.
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  • Some men dressing the "Careto" costume. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • Tradition is changing in Podence village as some outsiders are invited to take part of the festivities gaining the right to wear the "careto" costume and mask by participating in an online auction.
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  • Traditionaly women were not allowed to participate in the festivities and they would take risks even beeing at their houses balconies. Men would climb up and hurt them with the belt made of cow bells. Some of the more orthodox participants still see the party as closed to women and inflict pain to women on the streets.
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  • A woman on her house balcony with her son costume.  Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • A man in the verandah of his colorful wooden house in Príncipe island, in São TOmé e Príncipe archipelago.
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  • A man passing by drying clothe, carrying a machete. Roça Sundy, Príncipe island
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Banana beach seen from Roca(farm) belo Monte lookout. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
    170119-LFC-1023.jpg
  • Men pounding millet at Roça Agostinho Neto, in São Tomé island.
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  • A woman drying clothe at the old slave quarter at  Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • Children playing soccer at Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • Children having a meal at Zinha's kiosk, in Santo António do Príncipe
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Cocoa beans at Roça Agostinho Neto. This old cocoa farm is the largest in São Tomé.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • Children playing at Roça Sundy, in Príncipe island
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  • Zinha, the owner of the stall that serves delicious Saotomese food.
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  • Boys showing around Roça Agostinho Neto (Agostinho Neto farm) in São Tomé island.
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  • The" Caretos dance" ends up the festivities of Podence Carnival. A recent introduction to the tradition, this dance is made around a burning "Careto" puppet.
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  • The" Caretos dance" ends up the festivities of Podence Carnival. A recent introduction to the tradition, this dance is made around a burning "Careto" puppet.
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  • One "Careto" mask in Podence Carnival. Podence is a very small village in Northeast Portugal that  promotes its festivities as the "most traditional ones" in the country. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • At night, some  men do the wedding proclamation in front of the local church. In group, they shout the names of single men and women they want to see married. The next morning, the new couples have to take breaskfast together.
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  • At night, some  men do the wedding proclamation in front of the local church. In group, they shout the names of single men and women they want to see married. The next morning, the new couples have to take breaskfast together.
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  • A girl pretending to be a widow during the wedding proclamation in front of the local church. In group, men shout the names of single men and women they want to see married. The next morning, the new couples have to take breaskfast together.
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  • During the festivities, "Caretos" always walk in noisy groups, spreading terror, excitement and laughter
    h_00001037.jpg
  • Traditionaly women were not allowed to participate in the festivities and they would take risks even beeing at their houses balconies. Men would climb up and hurt them with the belt made of cow bells. Some of the more orthodox participants still see the party as closed to women and inflict pain to women on the streets with their cowbells belts.
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  • Traditionaly women were not allowed to participate in the festivities and they would take risks even beeing at their houses balconies. Men would climb up and hurt them with the belt made of cow bells. Some of the more orthodox participants still see the party as closed to women and inflict pain to women on the streets with their cowbells belts.
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  • In Podence Carnival, only "matrafonas",  women dressed like man, are safe from "caretos" cowbell belts. This is a way women have to go out without being menaced. Nowadays there are also men disguised as "matrafonas".
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  • The festivities in Podence village attract more visitors each year, from the whole country and from abroad too.
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  • Carnival characters also include "cabecudos" (big headers).
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  • Like a lot of portuguese emigrants, most of Podence population went a few years ago to  France, looking for a better life. This two brothers came back home after nine years away and they wanted to enforce the tradition of Podence Carnival.
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  • Masked in color dress, Caretos are diabolic and mysterious figures ever since. They represent an amalgam of profane, magical and religious elements.
    h_00001053.jpg
  • Some men dressing the "Careto" costume. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • One man dressing the "Careto" costume. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • Old Podence villagers receive one "careto" with suspiction. "Caretos" used to hurt women with their cowbell belts.
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  • Two men dressing the "Careto" costume. Men and boys wear a wool suit that was usually handcrafted by the owner when he was an adolescent and traditionally women were not allowed to participate.
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  • A shepperd waits for the cattle to refresh in the abandoned village of Vinagre in Brava's east coast. Vinagre is so called because of the acid fountain water that reminds vinegar.
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  • Banana beach. This beach became very famous because Baccardi filmed an advertising in this location.
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  • A newly formed couple. At night, some  men do the wedding proclamation in front of the local church. In group, they shout the names of single men and women they want to see married. The next morning, the new couples have to take breaskfast together.
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  • A couple looking at the sky through a telescope while drinking a glass of wine, with Monsaraz village on lite on the top of the hill, in the Alentejo region, in Portugal.
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  • A couple looking at the sky through a telescope while drinking a glass of wine, with Monsaraz village on lite on the top of the hill, in the Alentejo region, in Portugal.
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  • A couple looking at the sky through a telescope while drinking a glass of wine, with Monsaraz village on lite on the top of the hill, in the Alentejo region, in Portugal.
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  • A couple looking at the sky through a telescope while drinking a glass of wine, near Reguengos de Monsaraz , in the Alentejo region, in Portugal.
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  • A couple looking at the sky through a telescope while drinking a glass of wine, near Reguengos de Monsaraz , in the Alentejo region, in Portugal.
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  • Two young women chat by Cafe & Companhia's window. Here it's possible to buy and drink coffee grown in the islands.
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