Podence - 2015

Superb shot!

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Thank you William Sutherland.

Well done! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for posting your lovely image in the VPU Group

Thank you ctofcsco, you are welcome.

Impresive figure; well taken.

Thank you Jaap.

Extraordinary capture.

Thank you Malik.

Unusual figure. Is this what they call the Green Man?

Careto. It si a very old tradition well before Roman times and "he" represents de winter hardships. In Podence, a tiny village in the north-east of Portugal, about 40 men dressed in stripes of red, yellow and green wool sporting leather belts with cowbells on spend the three days before Lent running wild in the streets playing tricks on the unsuspecting. They are the Caretos and it seems these rituals were left by the Lupercalia wich was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, an earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February (Februarius) its name.

Vulto em pose majestática!

Tiveram que lhe passar dois cabos de aço, o vento deitou-o ao chão . . .