Dancing with traditional carnival "Caretos"

Cavaco Silva and his wife Maria Cavaco Silva, dance with typical "caretos" in Braganca, a northern portuguese town. The "caretos" are young men that wear typical masks and uniforms in Christmas and Carnival time, and follow girls and make tricks with the population of some small villages in the north of Portugal. Some people are organizing in a movement to candidate this popular cultural expression to UNESCO Heritage.

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Cavaco Silva and his wife Maria Cavaco Silva, dance with typical "caretos" in Braganca, a northern portuguese town. The "caretos" are young men that wear typical masks and uniforms in Christmas and Carnival time, and follow girls and make tricks with the population of some small villages in the north of Portugal. Some people are organizing in a movement to candidate this popular cultural expression to UNESCO Heritage.