Festivals of Póvoa de Varzim
several religious popular celebration festa pilgrimage romarias procession procissão póvoa de varzim portugal festival occur around holy week summer city municipal holiday june saint peter day dia de são pedro fisherman saint popular patron saint city saint peter festivity stopped due fishing tragedy year city hall tried revive tradition festival recovered great success became main celebration city government authorized local holiday city hall declared municipal holiday around date neighbourhood window decorated night th th population get together celebration dancing eating light fire fogueiras traditional neighbourhood compete rusgas sort carnival creation throne saint peter festival important rival christmas easter event year neighbourhood competing rusgas bairro norte bairro sul bairro de belém bairro da mariadeira bairro da matriz bairro regufe popular norte sul matriz greatest competition norte north sul south supporter live geographical area neighbourhood stretch throughout city bordering area day population behaves much like football supporter occasionally disturbance fan defend preferred neighbourhood competition usually healthy family previously emigrated united state beyond known come back povoa time simply relish spectacular feeling excitement community present festival carnival traditional festival póvoa de varzim old carnival ball masked people gathering rua da junqueira late led expensive carnival parade waterfront remains organized event celebrated spontaneously common people gather parade avenida do banhos despite sort advertising medium coverage póvoas spontaneous carnival carnaval do espontâneos started attract thousand people easter monday anjo festival considered second municipal holiday populace work good friday national holiday monday free picnic remnant pagan festival formerly called festa da hera ivy festival local company follow tradition open friday closed monday tradition quickly transferred neighbouring city easter sunday day blessing home compasso group church member take cross christ every home open door day godchild visit godparent different family compete péla traditional local game played population awaits visit compasso august feast assumption devotion póvoas fisherman one largest festival kind portugal procession headed archbishop braga pinnacle procession occurs front seaport firework launched carefully arranged boat two fishing pilgrimage romarias peculiar associated landscape nossa senhora da saúde pilgrimage first church igreja matriz nossa senhora da saúde chapel base são félix hill santo andré pilgrimage go along beach santo andré chapel são félix reference point fisherman sea historical importance last sunday may pilgrimage nossa senhora da saúde lady health cover distance kilometre mi igreja matriz póvoa de varzim nossa senhora da saúde chapel foot são félix mostly worshipper saint make promise notably fisherman municipality póvoa de varzim vila conde near cape santo andré rocky formation known penedo santo saint rock mark poveiro fisherman believe footprint saint andrew santo andré still believe saint boatman soul free soul drown sea fishing depth ocean shipwreck celebration saint andrew occurs dawn last day november group men woman wearing black hood holding lamp go chapel via beach singing end surround chapel forming ponto da almas soul point last fortnight september senhora da dores festival typical senhora da dores pottery fair many different tent installed plaza near senhora da dores church sell diverse ware special traditional portuguese pottery feast root year icon mary placed old chapel senhor monte follower sect originated annual party procession fair hortipóvoa horticultural fair póvoa de varzim take place summer aguçadoura every week sunday estela fair market dedicated trade vegetable recently annual fair established milk agricultural fair são pedro de rate regional product dairy product sweet honey cured meat wine olive oil horse fair terroso besides trading possible attend horse show still weekly fair moninhas fair monday averomar fair sunday morning also antique fair praça almada occurs every second sunday month date varies