Festa dos Tabuleiros
festa do tabuleiros festival tray festa divino espírito santo feast holy spirit take place every four year july tomar portugal festival ancient tradition important celebrated city attracting people world held every four year last one held july july local population parade pair girl carrying tabuleiros head tabuleiro made stacked piece bread either row row decorated flower top tabuleiro crown normally contains either white dove symbolising holy spirit esfera armilar armillary sphere symbol historical portuguese maritime expansion sphere cross order christ festival also includes various traditional ceremony like procession crown procession boy procession mordomo arrival bull holy spirit well partial parade popular game pêza sharing bread meat population celebrated day procession although festival originated ancient portuguese millenarian ritual dating th century specifically culto império divino espírito santo cult empire holy spirit celebrated feast day pentecost gradually evolved since form festival currently celebrated standardized context cult refers accepted religious practice rather modern negative connotation word locality around town tomar carregueiros complete ceremony ancient cult empire holy spirit still practiced including coronation emperor symbolizing future emperor age holy spirit bodo feast according traditional doctrine cult third age world would governed empire holy spirit monastic fraternal rule hierarchy catholic church intermediary clergy organized church would unnecessary infidel would unite christian free tabuleiros identified offering family symbolic building temple jerusalem supporting column temple heavenly jerusalem temple solomon tabuleiroscompt official festa do tabuleiros website—in portuguese