Nós por cá "Tradições do Nordeste Transmontano"
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2008
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Se a história de um povo nos remete para a sua identidade, se o seu património é construído a partir das suas raízes culturais então, não será o Carnaval do Nordeste Transmontano uma manifestação de cultura de um povo e de um tempo, de uma determinada região?
Esta cultura é representada/simbolizada, igualmente, pela história, pelas tradições, bem como pela arte e literatura. No Nordeste Transmontano, as festividades mais características são as festas solsticiais, realizadas nos doze dias que vão do Advento à Epifania.
Pretendemos destacar, dada a sua importância, uma das festividades mais representativas que se realizam neste período, ou seja, o Carnaval ou Entrudo de Podence, uma tradição cultural e ancestral que luta por se manter viva, ano após ano. Nesta festa, as máscaras e os seus portadores – os Caretos –, são os protagonistas. Os Caretos, nestes dias, tornam-se seres superiores, figuras diabólicas e mágicas, a quem é permitido fazer todo o tipo de disparates, tropelias e brincadeiras.
No Nordeste Transmontano, o Carnaval festeja-se de uma forma tradicional e bem portuguesa, com os Caretos e com os Casamentos.
Os Caretos são figuras incarnadas pelos rapazes e homens da aldeia que, por detrás das máscaras de latão pintado, dos característicos fatos franjados e coloridos e com os barulhentos chocalhos que trazem à cintura, assumem o papel de verdadeiros seres misteriosos e demoníacos.
São estes homens e rapazes que, ao longo dos tempos, têm lutado para que esta tradição não desapareça, permanecendo viva entre nós assegurando, assim, a continuidade destas manifestações da cultura de um povo, de uma época, de uma região.
If the history of a community remits us to its identity, its patrimony is built from its cultural roots, then can Northern Portugal carnival be a cultural manifestation of a community and of an epoch? History, traditions, art and literature, in general, are the true cultural manifestations of a community and of an epoch. In Northeastern Portugal, Trás-os-Montes, the most characteristic festivities are the solstitial festivities, held during the twelve days between Advent and Epiphany. We intend to point out one of the festivities that are held on these days, we are talking about the Carnival of Podence, a cultural tradition that fights to keep itself alive, year after year. In this festivity, masks and their wearers are the principal protagonists. On these days, the Caretos, the men who wear carnival masks, become superior beings, diabolical and magical figures, who are allowed to do all kinds of follies, get into mischief and play jokes. In Northeast Trás-os-Montes, carnival is celebrated in a traditional and Portuguese way, with the Caretos, men who wear carnival masks, and with the weddings which also take place at this time of the year. In Podence, a village of Trás-os-Montes, people have fought to keep this ancestral tradition alive. The Caretos are the boys and the men from the village who, behind their painted brass masks, and their unmistakable fringed and colourful suits with the noisy cowbells they wear at the waist, take the role of mysterious and demoniacal beings. These village men, who are part of Northeast Trás-os-Montes tradition, have been fighting in order to prevent this tradition from disappearing and in order to keep it alive among us.
If the history of a community remits us to its identity, its patrimony is built from its cultural roots, then can Northern Portugal carnival be a cultural manifestation of a community and of an epoch? History, traditions, art and literature, in general, are the true cultural manifestations of a community and of an epoch. In Northeastern Portugal, Trás-os-Montes, the most characteristic festivities are the solstitial festivities, held during the twelve days between Advent and Epiphany. We intend to point out one of the festivities that are held on these days, we are talking about the Carnival of Podence, a cultural tradition that fights to keep itself alive, year after year. In this festivity, masks and their wearers are the principal protagonists. On these days, the Caretos, the men who wear carnival masks, become superior beings, diabolical and magical figures, who are allowed to do all kinds of follies, get into mischief and play jokes. In Northeast Trás-os-Montes, carnival is celebrated in a traditional and Portuguese way, with the Caretos, men who wear carnival masks, and with the weddings which also take place at this time of the year. In Podence, a village of Trás-os-Montes, people have fought to keep this ancestral tradition alive. The Caretos are the boys and the men from the village who, behind their painted brass masks, and their unmistakable fringed and colourful suits with the noisy cowbells they wear at the waist, take the role of mysterious and demoniacal beings. These village men, who are part of Northeast Trás-os-Montes tradition, have been fighting in order to prevent this tradition from disappearing and in order to keep it alive among us.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Cultura Portuguesa
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Nordeste Transmontano , Tradições , Costumes , Etnologia