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Pilgrims carrying a chicken pass under the litter of the Saint on the St. Bartolomeu church during the Saints celebration. This tradition that dates back to the sixteenth century (1566), and it claims the devil is on the loose during this day. Every year on 24 August faith and tradition join thousands of people at the feast of St. Bartolomeu do Mar, for ritual that mixes the sacred and the profane.

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Pilgrims carrying a chicken pass under the litter of the Saint on the St. Bartolomeu church during the Saints celebration. This tradition that dates back to the sixteenth century (1566), and it claims the devil is on the loose during this day. Every year on 24 August faith and tradition join thousands of people at the feast of St. Bartolomeu do Mar, for ritual that mixes the sacred and the profane.