The Portuguese Carnaval has a long tradition, with its roots spanning thousands of years, still today being on of the most important "festive cycles" throughout the country.[1][2]
Celebrated in Portugal since the XV Century,[3] the <i>entrudo</i> was exported by the Portuguese to the then colony of Brazil, from which the elements of samba returned in the XX century, which currently influence the Carnaval celebrations in some Portuguese regions. According some authors and historians, the Carnaval of Madeira, in Portugal, that re-enacts the period of peak sugar production in the XVI century, and it's connection to slavery as a hub where people and good would go through, accompanying the expansion of the international sugar trade in the Atlantic due to tha island, influencing the Brazilian carnaval celebration with the ludical expressionas of Madeira
Although it's still a highlighted celebration in urban environments (where the Carnaval of Brasil is more influent), it still is a celebration that contains a lot of its own tradition and particular characteristics, more noticeable in the rual areas in the interior of the country.[1][2] With their distinctions and characteristics, the Portuguese Carnaval celebrations that stand out are the ones of Ovar,[4] Estarreja, Madeira, Loures,[5] Nazaré, Podence, Loulé, Sesimbra,[4] Sines, Elvas, Torres Vedras[4][5] and Canas de Senhorim.[2]
Despite the long tradition in Portugual, in 2021, the Portuguese Parliament did not approve the establishement of Carnaval as a mandatory Portuguese bank-holiday[6]
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Carnaval dates
edit- 2024 - February 13th[7]
- 2025 - 4 de março[8]
- 2026 - February 17th[9]
- 2027 - February 9th[10]
- 2028 - February 29th[11]
- 1 2 "Carnaval tradicional em Portugal". Travel Tailors. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- 1 2 3 "Guia de Carnaval. Do tradicional ao alternativo - DN". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ↑ "História do Carnaval: Igreja reconheceu a festa em 590 d.C." Universo Online.
- 1 2 3 old.aproximaviagem.pt. "Dias de folia - Carnaval em Portugal". Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- 1 2 Marieta Cazarré (2017-02-25). "Carnaval de Portugal guarda origens da festa brasileira, com desfiles e animação".
- ↑ "Assembleia da República chumba consagração de Carnaval como feriado nacional". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ↑ "Feriados Portugal 2024". www.calendario12.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Feriados Portugal 2025". www.calendario12.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Feriados Portugal 2026". www.calendario12.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Feriados Portugal 2027". www.calendario12.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Feriados Portugal 2028". www.calendario12.pt. Retrieved 2024-01-17.