Fanfare Parade, Mass in Honor of Santa Ana and São Joaquim, dance show and concert marked the beginning of the festivities
The Festas de Sant’Ana and Festarte – International Festival of Popular Arts and Traditions of Matosinhos are back in Matosinhos, after two years of a pandemic.
The opening of the festivities took place on the night of Tuesday, July 26, with the parade of the Fanfare of BV Matosinhos-Liça, followed by a Mass in honor of Santa Ana and São Joaquim with the blessing of the pregnant women, presided over by Reverend Father Francisco Andrade .
The party continued last night, with a dance performance by Escola de Dança Attitude and a musical moment with the Not All Tails concert.
The vice-president of the Chamber of Matosinhos, Carlos Mouta, and the president of the Union of Parishes of Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira, Paulo Carvalho, were present in these initiatives that marked the opening of the Festas de Sant’Ana.
Until the 7th of August, the Fernando Pinto de Oliveira Public Park, next to the main church of Leça da Palmeira, will host traditional music, fado, folklore festival, dance, crafts and ethnography.
The program includes music and dance shows, with emphasis on performances by Bárbara Bandeira, Projeto 65 and Os Jurássicos.
Tomorrow, July 29, the 23rd edition of Festarte begins, an event organized by the Union of the Parishes of Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira, with the support of the Municipality of Matosinhos and the collaboration of Rancho Típico da Amorosa.
Festarte assumes itself as a meeting point and cultural exchange between ethnographic, gastronomic and cultural traditions from the four corners of the world.
This year, participating foreign groups come from Egypt, Spain, Italy, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico and Poland.
On Monday, August 1st, the groups will be received at the Edifício dos Paços do Concelho. On the same day and place, the III International Costume Show will be inaugurated, which will be open until August 7th.
See the program at https://www.cm-matosinhos.pt/servicos-municipais/comunicacao-e-imagem/eventos/evento/festas-de-sant-ana-28 Photos: União de Freguesias de Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira
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