Winter

The pagan based traditions of Northern Portugal and Spain during winter, that I've been following in the last years.

Fire as a central element of the Entrudo dos Máscaros de Vila Boa.

The pagan New Year traditions in Portugal's Mirandese Plateau

Festa dos Rapazes, or Young Men's Festival, a winter solstice masked tradition that was "adopted" as Catholic, but with the boundaries of what's holy and pagan still very clear.

Spending again the last few days of the year after the winter solstice traditions of Trás-Os-Montes.

I went there in early June, before the summer's peak, with a specific purpose of capturing the island's mood waking from winter. And went to a more remote region I have been wanting to go for a long time in order to get that: the Westfjords.

A look at Lisbon in Autumn/Winter time, as it gets closer to Christmas.