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Traditions - Saint John in Portugal - São João

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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations) , in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • The night of São João (Saint John), in Valongo - nearby Porto - is celebrated in a peculiar way. This commemoration day of St. John, is a traditional celebration inspired by a secular legend. Groups of men dressing up in costumes, dance the so  called "Dance of the bugios". In the middle there is a King, who is the king of "bugios", all together they celebrate the  medieval legend that says : " The daughter of a Moorish king who lived there got sick and the king appealed to scholars and healers to cure her. Having no results and his daughter continued to languish, he called on Christians to ask for his daughter and prayed to the image o St. John. The Princess was cured and there was a procession to worship the image of St. John, what the Moors called the possession of the holy, to thank for this miracle." The festivities recreate that moment.
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  • São João Celebrations (St John´s Celebrations),in Porto are quite unique. The festivity takes place every 4th week of June and it´s a very popular event in the city of Porto. Plastic hammers are sold at every corner street days before the party begins. People armed with rubber hammers and giggles chase each other down the streets. This is one of the riotous celebrations in the country and people enjoy attacking each other and have a lot of fun.
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